The Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society has been guided by three important images in its existence and direction which form the spirituality of its mission throughout the years namely: Communion, Bridge, and Mission.

1. LOCATION- The location of the emerging new community for the mission was the San Carlos Pastoral Formation Complex. It becomes one of the added features of the pastoral identity which the Archdiocese of Manila seeks to develop in the 1980s.

2. COMMUNITY WITHIN COMMUNITIES- The emergence of the Lorenzo Mission Institute and the Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society happened in an interesting context. Geographically, the Lorenzo Mission Institute was established as one among other diocesan seminaries in the Archdiocese of Manila. Located at San Carlos Pastoral Formation Complex, the seminary seats as a missionary institute pastorally united in a diversity of charisms.

a. Bridge- The word "bridge" in the history of the Lorenzo Mission Institute and the Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society was an important historical concept in the life and direction of the two institutions. It is not a daily nor a frequent word we hear from its members, nor spoken of in the plenary and ordinary meetings, nor included in talks, conferences, and even in homilies. However, the word captures the missionary spirituality of both institutions. The publication of the Lorenzo Mission Institute and the Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society is named "The Bridge." But what is really "the bridge" in the experience of the Society and every seminarian in the seminary formation. There are some concepts, some spiritual reflections and inner stirrings of the Spirit that is working in the word "bridge" with regard to the mission and the experiences of the members in the Society.
1) Construction- a bridge is constructed by human hands yet the call or the plan to have a bridge to connect two realities is a call of God.
2) Reconstruction- Bridges wear out in time. They need to be reconstructed and renewed. Bridges may be in the form of people, system, and structure. The founders of the Lorenzo Mission Institute and the Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society were the first generation bridges. They had their own context to encounter and address yet they constructed the bridge that pictured out the context and missionary needs of the time. The seminarians needed to be formed to succeed the first generation bridge to a reconstructed bridge of the current age.

b. Two Points- a bridge has two ends which symbolizes two cultures or peoples. Mission involves two realities namely: the one who is sent and the other is the recipient of mission. A bridge is connects two cultures and a diversity of cultures.
1) Diversity- The LRMS experiences cultural diversity. It serves the Filipino-Chinese culture, the Filipino Culture, the Taiwanese Culture. It also experiences evolving and changing cultures in the mission stations they are serving. There are no two cultures that are exactly the same. The Society has to at home with plurality and a integrated diversity.
2) Intercultural Relationship- The call towards dialogue is one of the important missions of the LRMS. It is involved with the dialogue with cultures and subcultures. There is still the presence of Buddhist practices among the Filipino-Chinese communities, the presence of Filipino-Chinese popular piety, and the dynamic presence among Filipino communities. The poor is one of the most important dimension of missionary activities in the LRMS. They cannot forget the poor and the underprivileged in their apostolate. There are Filipino-Chinese who are poor and less fortunate.
3) Mission- The two points of a bridge reminds the missionary of his divine calling "to go." He has to embark from his place of origin and leave for the people he is called to serve at the other end of the bridge. It entails sacrifice, giving up, and kenosis. It involves total trust in the Lord because he has no idea what will happen next. He brings in his heart the faith he has with Jesus, and takes with him the mind of the Church.
4) Dialogue- Both ends of the bridge remind the missionary of his service to humanity. He is reminded that he embarks on one end and comes to the other end to illustrate his mission for Christ which is to lead all humanity to Him. He makes people encounter Christ through dialogue and he has to have the zeal for souls.
5) Contextual- An important aspect of mission which the LRMS develops is context. The evangelization among the people should be one that is adapted to the context and signs of the times.

c. Water- The water under the bridge symbolizes the direction and the path of mission.
1) Challenges- the water under the bridge symbolizes the challenges of mission. The Filipino-Chinese Apostolate was strengthened by the Chinese seminarians who came from Mainland China and sailed to the Philippines in 1949 during the political challenges that affected the missionary activities during that time.
2) Gap- the water under the bridge represents the gap between two countries. Missio ad Gentes involves a sending and a receiving country. It entails a geographical consideration. Thus, the water represents the distance which missionaries have to travel in order to evangelize.
3) Medium- The Chinese came to the Philippines wave after wave. Their influx into the Philippines by way of the sea built cordial relationships between Filipinos and Chinese. The water became the means which brought the Chinese towards conversion and their incorporation into the Church.
4) Dependence- the uncertainties of the Chinese at sea in coming to the Philppines became a significant image of courage and boldness while the missionaries who desire for the evangelization of the Chinese are confronted with the uncertainties of mission as they embark from the Philippines to the their mission areas. The water became the source of their dependence on God and interior strength in every missionary work in a strange and unfamiliar place.

d. People- The Trinitarian communion of persons begets the mission of communion. The people on the opposite end of the bridge are people waiting, yearning, and hoping to hear the Gospel.
1) Chinese overseas- The Gospel goes beyond territorial boundaries. The Gospel indicates a God who desires to speak to His people. He needs agents, the missionaries, to bring the Gospel to various peoples especially the poor. It was the dream of the founders to bridge the local church with those Chinese communities beyond the Philippine archipelago.
2) Filipino-Chinese- The local Chinese in the Philippines and those of ethnic Chinese descent are the recipients of an apostolate that has been present since the 16th century. The Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society has the mission to bridge different generations of Chinese and to bridge the Filipino and Chinese cultures.
3) Filipinos- The Filipino-Chinese and the Chinese in the Philippines live in a majority Filipino population and have integrated the Filipino values in the family and individual levels. The exhibit cultural values more Filipino than Chinese. The rapid evolving cultures in the Philippines prompt the ethnic Chinese to incline towards integration rather than be a separate cultural group. Mission in the Philippines with regard to ethnic Chinese presence should have something to do with bridging cultures, traditions, and generations.