Our relationship with those we meet should be
for them a means of encounter with Jesus the Good Shepherd. We seek to approach
them as he does. Each person is present to him in human uniqueness, and he
calls each one friend. Our love should awaken in them a sense of their worth
and dignity as children of God. At the same time, we are aware that we receive
mercy from them and that we cannot separate our salvation from theirs. (Constitution N.5)