Day 4B, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "Everything has now reached its complete fulfilment. The "giving up" of the spirit describes Jesus' death, a death like that of every other human being, but it also seems to allude to the "gift of the Spirit", by which Jesus ransoms us from death and opens before us a new life. It is the very life of God which is now shared with man. It is the life which through the Sacraments of the Church - symbolized by the blood and water flowing from Christ's side - is continually given to God's children, making them the people of the New Covenant. From the Cross, the source of life, the "people of life" is born and increases. The contemplation of the Cross thus brings us to the very heart of all that has taken place. Jesus, who upon entering into the world said: "I have come, O God, to do your will", made himself obedient to the Father in everything and, "having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end", giving himself completely for them. He who had come "not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many", attains on the Cross the heights of love: "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends". And he died for us while we were yet sinners. In this way Jesus proclaims that life finds its centre, its meaning and its fulfilment when it is given up." Ave Marias sung by Anna Johnstone. Visit Totus2us.com for more. Totus Tuus (All Yours) was John Paul II's motto to Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus 2us.