November 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While Mary Wagner often makes the headlines thanks to her peaceful efforts to convince abortion-bound women to choose life – a mission that has frequently landed her in jail – what many forget is that she isn’t the only one who is sacrificing for the unborn. Whenever she is taken away by the police, Mary leaves behind family, friends and loved ones, who miss her presence, even as they support her mission.
In the midst of the recent media fury over Wagner’s recent reception of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, one of those loved ones – Mary’s mother – has given a little glimpse of what it is like to be deprived of her daughter for months at a time because of her efforts to save lives.
Mrs. Jane Wagner, Mary’s mother, wrote and thanked MP Maurice Vellacott for awarding her daughter the medal. Vellacott was so “moved” by Mrs. Wagner’s letter, that he obtained her permission to have their correspondence made public for the “edification and encouragement” of others.
Dear Mr Vellacott,
Thank you for your great courage in acknowledging the sacrifice that my daughter, Mary Wagner, has made for the good of our country. Just when I felt ashamed to be called a Canadian, you have given me hope.
It is difficult indeed to have a child in prison, especially this gentle and good young woman who has never harmed another soul. Her only desire is to help the mothers, who will be forever harmed by aborting their children, and to preserve the lives of the babies who are about to be killed.
I long for the day when Canada once again recognizes the sanctity of human life. Then the babies will be safe and my daughter can come home.
With sincere gratitude,
Jane Wagner
October 24, 2012
Vellacott replied to Mrs. Wagner that he was “deeply touched and moved to tears” by her “expression of thanks.”
I particularly choke up when I read those words, ‘I long for the day when Canada once again recognizes the sanctity of human life. Then the babies will be safe and my daughter can come home.’”
What a precious mother you are to accept the mission your daughter is called to, although your mother’s heart misses her dearly.
When I read those words, I thought of all the ‘daughters who can’t come home’ because they were aborted in the womb, and the anguished regret of some of those young moms as they realize that.
I also thought of those ‘daughters who can come home’ because of the gentle counsel of Mary, as young women glimpsed a ray of hope, saw through the lie, and chose life instead of death for their child.
Vellacott thanked Mrs. Wagner for communicating to him, adding that it “buoyed my spirit.”
“Do pass my warmest greetings on to Mary and Linda [Gibbons] when next you are in touch with them,” he concluded.
Perhaps it is not far fetched to believe that the above correspondence will be studied, memorized, and recited by the school children of the future as they learn about the heroes and heroines of the great civil rights movement that secured the right to life for the pre-born.
Click here to view entire correspondence.