February 2001

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Kenneth Baker, S.J.
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Worth noting

Letters from our readers

Motivating Catholics to holiness
By Thomas G. Morrow
Holiness is everyone’s calling.

Brown’s Birth of the Messiah revisited
By Michael E. Giesler
Lofty scholarship is no guarantee of accuracy.

Mediatrix, Si! Coredemtrix, No!
By Michael J. Miller
Does the title “Coredemptrix” for Mary go too far?

Homilies on the liturgy of the Sundays and feasts
By Charles M. Mangan

Intrigued by prayer
By Carolyn Humphreys, O.C.D.S.
Prayer is the lifeblood of a good relationship with God.

There’s a wideness to God’s mercy
By Eduardo Echeverria
God’s mercy cannot be confined.

A The collapsing birthrate in the developed world
By John F. Kobler, C.P.
The birthrate in the western world continues to shrivel.

A “homily” for homilists
By Joseph H. Foegen
Homilies must have a practical value.