VANCOUVER, BC, Dec 20 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, Jane Wagner, mother of Mary Wagner, 25, a political prisoner in Maximum Security at BC Women’s Correction centre, issued a moving letter to the press. Jane explains that her daughter’s “crime” is “offering flowers and hope on the streets of Vancouver to desperate women making desperate choices. She wanted to help women in crisis pregnancies to choose life for their babies.”
“Our family will miss her on Christmas, especially my little ones,” writes Jane. “They are heart-broken and confused. They miss her terribly.” Using the imagery of the first Christmas, Jane writes that Mary has “made room in the Inn of her heart for those without hope or shelter from darkness. She is imprisoned for recognizing the Christ child in the humblest of settings. The Mary of the first Christmas story accepted her role in salvation with humility and wonder at God’s plan for her. Our Mary reflects the same consent to God’s will.”
“Mary is not complaining and is very much at peace,” says Jane as she wishes all a Merry Christmas and peace. “She is our hero, joined with Christ in this holy season of joy.”