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Be Not Afraid Couragefound out about Isaiah’s condition was a Friday – theday Catholics remember Mary, the “Mother of Sorrow.”Ramona felt that this was a sign. Second, her ownbirthday, which is January 22, is designated “Pro-LifeDay” on the church calendar. “Because of this I’ve oftenfelt that perhaps God wanted to use me as a witness tothe value of all life,” Ramona says.Sometimes the courage to act decisively springsfrom a deep well of personal conviction. To Ramona,for example, abortion was out of the question. Toanother person, even someone who has nurtured herbeliefs over time, the courage to act on them may gomissing at a critical moment, and can be re-won onlywith patience and struggle. This is true in the face ofphysical danger as much as it is in the face of a moralchallenge.No matter how it arises, every act of courage has thepower to give birth to new ones, whether through thechain reaction of inspiration, or more directly. Thiswas true in Ramona’s case. Almost ten years earlier, inthe same hospital, another mother had found out thatshe was carrying an anencephalic baby, and on hearingthat this woman had decided to have her baby anyway,Ramona found extra confidence and a sense of peace.And the story isn’t over yet: in the year since Isaiah’sbirth and death, Ramona’s hospital has called on her to140