May your grace (Lord)… and the co-operation of my confreres be constantly with me”. And the leader of the community responds saying: “And I receive you fraternally as a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer…
The whole purpose of community life is to have the members, like the apostles, in a spirit of genuine brotherly union, combine their prayers and deliberations, their labours and sufferings, their successes and failures, and their material goods as well, for the service of the Gospel.– Constitutions of the Redemptorists, No. 22a
…At the heart of the community, to form it and sustain it, is the Redeemer himself and his Spirit of love. And the closer their union with Christ, the stronger will become their union with each other.– Constitutions of the Redemptorists, No. 23b