Day 7, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "This involves above all proclaiming the core of this Gospel. It is the proclamation of a living God who is close to us, who calls us to profound communion with himself and awakens in us the certain hope of eternal life. It is the affirmation of the inseparable connection between the person, his life and his bodiliness. It is the presentation of human life as a life of relationship, a gift of God, the fruit and sign of his love. It is the proclamation that Jesus has a unique relationship with every person, which enables us to see in every human face the face of Christ. It is the call for a "sincere gift of self" as the fullest way to realize our personal freedom." 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.

Day 7A, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "This involves above all proclaiming the core of this Gospel. It is the proclamation of a living God who is close to us, who calls us to profound communion with himself and awakens in us the certain hope of eternal life. It is the affirmation of the inseparable connection between the person, his life and his bodiliness. It is the presentation of human life as a life of relationship, a gift of God, the fruit and sign of his love. It is the proclamation that Jesus has a unique relationship with every person, which enables us to see in every human face the face of Christ. It is the call for a "sincere gift of self" as the fullest way to realize our personal freedom." 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.

Day 6B, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "The commandment "You shall not kill", even in its more positive aspects of respecting, loving and promoting human life, is binding on every individual human being. It resounds in the moral conscience of everyone as an irrepressible echo of the original covenant of God the Creator with mankind. It can be recognized by everyone through the light of reason and it can be observed thanks to the mysterious working of the Spirit who, blowing where he wills, comes to and involves every person living in this world. It is therefore a service of love which we are all committed to ensure to our neighbour, that his or her life may be always defended and promoted, especially when it is weak or threatened. It is not only a personal but a social concern which we must all foster: a concern to make unconditional respect for human life the foundation of a renewed society. We are asked to love and honour the life of every man and woman and to work with perseverance and courage so that our time, marked by all too many signs of death, may at last witness the establishment of a new culture of life, the fruit of the culture of truth and of love." 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.

Day 6, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "Quite different from this is the way of love and true mercy, which our common humanity calls for, and upon which faith in Christ the Redeemer, who died and rose again, sheds ever new light. The request which arises from the human heart in the supreme confrontation with suffering and death, especially when faced with the temptation to give up in utter desperation, is above all a request for companionship, sympathy and support in the time of trial. It is a plea for help to keep on hoping when all human hopes fail. As the Second Vatican Council reminds us: "It is in the face of death that the riddle of human existence becomes most acute" and yet "man rightly follows the intuition of his heart when he abhors and repudiates the absolute ruin and total disappearance of his own person. Man rebels against death because he bears in himself an eternal seed which cannot be reduced to mere matter"." 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.

Day 6A, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "Quite different from this is the way of love and true mercy, which our common humanity calls for, and upon which faith in Christ the Redeemer, who died and rose again, sheds ever new light. The request which arises from the human heart in the supreme confrontation with suffering and death, especially when faced with the temptation to give up in utter desperation, is above all a request for companionship, sympathy and support in the time of trial. It is a plea for help to keep on hoping when all human hopes fail. As the Second Vatican Council reminds us: "It is in the face of death that the riddle of human existence becomes most acute" and yet "man rightly follows the intuition of his heart when he abhors and repudiates the absolute ruin and total disappearance of his own person. Man rebels against death because he bears in himself an eternal seed which cannot be reduced to mere matter"." 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.

Day 5B, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "Human life is sacred and inviolable at every moment of existence, including the initial phase which precedes birth. All human beings, from their mothers' womb, belong to God who searches them and knows them, who forms them and knits them together with his own hands, who gazes on them when they are tiny shapeless embryos and already sees in them the adults of tomorrow whose days are numbered and whose vocation is even now written in the "book of life". There too, when they are still in their mothers' womb - as many passages of the Bible bear witness - they are the personal objects of God's loving and fatherly providence." 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.

Day 5, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "God's commandment is never detached from his love: it is always a gift meant for man's growth and joy. As such, it represents an essential and indispensable aspect of the Gospel, actually becoming "gospel" itself: joyful good news. The Gospel of life is both a great gift of God and an exacting task for humanity. It gives rise to amazement and gratitude in the person graced with freedom, and it asks to be welcomed, preserved and esteemed, with a deep sense of responsibility. In giving life to man, God demands that he love, respect and promote life. The gift thus becomes a commandment, and the commandment is itself a gift." 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.

Day 5A, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "God's commandment is never detached from his love: it is always a gift meant for man's growth and joy. As such, it represents an essential and indispensable aspect of the Gospel, actually becoming "gospel" itself: joyful good news. The Gospel of life is both a great gift of God and an exacting task for humanity. It gives rise to amazement and gratitude in the person graced with freedom, and it asks to be welcomed, preserved and esteemed, with a deep sense of responsibility. In giving life to man, God demands that he love, respect and promote life. The gift thus becomes a commandment, and the commandment is itself a gift." 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.

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.

Day 4, Novena - The Gospel of Life - Pope John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae: "Man's life comes from God; it is his gift, his image and imprint, a sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: man cannot do with it as he wills. God himself makes this clear to Noah after the Flood: "For your own lifeblood, too, I will demand an accounting ... and from man in regard to his fellow man I will demand an accounting for human life". The biblical text is concerned to emphasize how the sacredness of life has its foundation in God and in his creative activity: "For God made man in his own image." 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.