The rarity about not being rare

This apostolic work is so human that to those who do not understand the supernatural nature of our divine call, so closely linked to our professional work, or to those who think that total self-dedication to God means ceasing to be ordinary people, it could give the impression that the members of the Work are strange, precisely because they are not strange: because they are so normal, so much the same in every way as their fellow citizens, fellow-workers in their trade or profession.

Naturalness in habitual behaviour

Members of the Work live, dress and behave in accordance with the position they each hold in society by reason of their work. Naturally, like other citizens, they obey the just demands of their surroundings and adapt to their circumstances, being simple and open in all that they do. In other words, they behave outwardly like any other Christian, just as they would if they did not belong to the Work.