We should be recognised for our tolerance and respect, our kindness and compassion.Pope John Paul II's prayer at the end of his encyclical letter, "The Gospel of Life", is one of great hope and wisdom, a prayer to guide great saints:O Mary, bright dawn of the new world,Mother of the living,To you do we entrust the cause of lifeLook down, O Mother,Upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born,Of the poor whose lives are made difficult,Of men and women who are victims of brutal violence,Of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy.Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of Life with honesty and love to the people of our time.Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as agift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilisation of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life.