The Christian way of life is the way of Christ. He is Himself the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:15). He revealed to us the Father, and He taught us by words and by example how to live our earthly lives. He draws us to holiness. He who is Himself "the Divine Teacher and the Model of all perfection" (LG 40). Christ is the Fountain the Source of life. We are not merely to imitate Him, but to live in Him and for Him. "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, and you ar the branches."(John 15:4-5)

Our life is to be transformed by our union with Christ. His Life, His mind, His Spirit are to be ours. For "we are members of His body" (Eph. 5:30). Through our union with Christ, we are bound with one another, and thus made able to bear fruit for one another in works of love.

We are made one with Him by the gift of the Holy Spirit. Regarding Jesus' words that the thirsty who came to Him to drink would have living waters in abundance, to have His spirit is to be a new person. For it is to have faith, hope and at least some measure of true love of God: and these are transforming gifts.

BECOMING CHRIST speaks of conformity witht the divine plan "to unite all things in Him, things in heaven and things on earth "(Eph. 1:10), under the saving providence of God who cares for all men and the whole of creation with great love.

BECOMING CHRIST is a call to follow the poor and crucified Christ, the ideal of a perfect man, as the center of the whole educational endeavor.

BECOMING CHRIST dictates a philosophy of education which holds that