2. Is consecrated life open to inculturation?

For centuries, the answer has been clearly affirmative. The eschatological vocation, expressed concretely in consecrated life, invites it to reject the idea that one culture can be the permanent and exclusive context for living it. The contemplative dimension helps to find God's Spirit already present and at work in all cultures. It affirms the belief that the Spirit works at the fulfilment of the people of any culture. To help them, the Spirit uses consecrated life, understood as the following of Christ, and invites it not to live for itself, but to leave family, people and culture to witness, through renunciation and in the Paschal hope, that the Lord Christ can be served, in chastity, poverty and obedience, equally in all cultures. Yes, consecrated life favours inculturation.