Jesus’ Mother Mary Chose Life, We Should Too

The woman with the kind smile held up the photo to the webcam so that I could view it on my computer. The picture was of a newborn baby for whom I had been praying. I had begun the prayers long before, when he was just a few weeks old in her mother’s womb. Both baby and mother were doing well, and hope abounds for their futures. I could not think of a better Christmas gift than the one I received in that moment, when I could finally see an image of the baby I had been praying for in utero. The i