The Church possesses a specific spirituality. It is a spirituality patterned and modeled after the person of Christ. It is a spirituality, which is inspired by Christ and ends with Christ. The uniqueness and the universality of Christ’s salvific and redemptive identity as the Son of God and Savior of the world constitute the spirituality of being the Good Shepherd tending the Church. Vatican II emphasized that "the Church is a sheepfold whose one and indispensable door is Christ." (LG 6) This means that it is the person of Christ in whom the spirituality of the Church emanates.

The Church radiates a love of preference for the poor. Christ, though was rich, became poor so that we may be rich by means of His poverty (2 Cor 8:9). The Church lives in the virtue of poverty like Christ who took the form of a mortal nature touching the realities of human condition. At the heart of His ministry, He showed compassion to the poor which included the materially deprived and insecure, the innumerable sick people, the psychologically disturbed, the dying and the dead. By being a servant to the poor, the Church becomes a promoter of human dignity. This special attention lifts up man’s dignity which cannot be destroyed whatever predicaments come in their life. Vatican II clearly states that "similarly, the Church encompasses with love all who are afflicted with human suffering and in the poor and afflicted sees the image of its poor and suffering Founder. It does all it can to relieve their need and in them it strives to serve Christ." (LG 8)

The Church promotes the spirit of communion. Communion can be understood from the perspective of the mystery of the Blessed Trinity. Besides, at the heart of communion of the Church we find the mystery of the Eucharist. It is the grace and the source of communion in the Church. When communion is understood as a gift from the Holy Spirit, then it implies a deep sense of mission. The mystery of communion in the Church is reflected in its dynamism of mission. The mystery that lies behind the interrelatedness of communion and mission reflects Christ as the source of these realities in the Church. John Paul II says that, "communion gives rise to mission and mission is accomplished in communion." (CL 32) The Eucharistic orientation of the Church acknowledges its rootedness and dependence in Christ. The Church cannot be in communion and in mission without reflecting the image of Christ. It is in Christ that witnessing finds its profound meaning. John Paul II further says that, "it is not possible to bear witness to Christ without reflecting his image, which is made alive in us by grace and the power of the Spirit." (RM 87)

If the Church desires to live and face the currents of the changing times, it has to continually listen to the Word of God who is alive and ever present in the world. The Church has always to scrutinize the "signs of the times" therefore it needs a spirituality which is docile to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. The spirituality of the Church, which is centered on the person of Christ provides the identity of the Church and leads to its final goal in Christ.