In honor of Mary’s Annunciation of the Lord, Respect Life Ministry remembers the words of Pope John Paul II in Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life). Each of us is made in the image and likeness of our Creator; to share in the very life of God himself. This reality “reveals the greatness and the inestimable value of human life.” The human person is “a manifestation of God in the world, a sign of his presence, a trace of his glory.” Created through the love of the Father, each one of us bears “an indelible imprint of God.” By sharing in our humanity, Christ invites us to share in His divinity, that we might dwell with Him for eternity. (quotes from Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) written by Pope John Paul II on the Solemnity of the Annunciation in 1995)