To Love and Cherish is born out of the author's experience of working with couples as they prepare their wedding liturgy. It caters for the needs of all couples, offering a wide choice of readings, prayers, blessings, contemporary reflections and forms of exchanging vows. It provides two model wedding liturgies, one in the context of the Eucharist and one without mass, as well as a newly created ceremony for inter-faith marriages.

In the autumn of 2005, Mater Dei Institute of Education in Dublin hosted a series of Public Lectures on Vatican II to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the closure of the Council. Vatican II: Facing the 21st Century brings together the papers presented during this series. The intention is to communicate some of the content of the documents, and to offer some historical and theological perspectives on Vatican II as it faces the twenty-first century.

Hospitality is a core value of the Christian gospel and tradition. The Christian is one who is invited to respond to the hospitality of God in Christ by living a life characterised by hospitality. Throughout the ages Irish people have long been noted for their welcome but many would argue that such hospitality is extended only to their own . Thus the Christian emphasis on a welcome for all challenges out growing fear and distrust of the stranger in our midst. In a time increasingly characterised by individualism and self-interest, Welcoming the Stranger explores notions such as self-representation and the representation of the other, accompaniment, and the recognition of human dignity; it provides reflections on multiculturalism and interculturalism within the New Ireland; it presents hospitality as a core virtue for every religious believer and as a core activity of the Church community and it relates hospitality to a number of contemporary concerns - human migration, the disablement of persons with impairments and ecological issues.

Often cited but difficult to locate, the essays contained in this five-volume set had a profound influence on the development of textual criticism and its acceptance in England. Dating from a period when textual criticism was still controversial, these essays have not lost their ability to stimulate academic debate on the wide variety of documents covered.

Often cited but difficult to locate, the essays contained in this five-volume set had a profound influence on the development of textual criticism and its acceptance in England. Dating from a period when textual criticism was still controversial, these essays have not lost their ability to stimulate academic debate on the wide variety of documents covered.

Often cited but difficult to locate, the essays contained in this five-volume set had a profound influence on the development of textual criticism and its acceptance in England. Dating from a period when textual criticism was still controversial, these essays have not lost their ability to stimulate academic debate on the wide variety of documents covered.

Often cited but difficult to locate, the essays contained in this five-volume set had a profound influence on the development of textual criticism and its acceptance in England. Dating from a period when textual criticism was still controversial, these essays have not lost their ability to stimulate academic debate on the wide variety of documents covered.

Often cited but difficult to locate, the essays contained in this five-volume set had a profound influence on the development of textual criticism and its acceptance in England. Dating from a period when textual criticism was still controversial, these essays have not lost their ability to stimulate academic debate on the wide variety of documents covered.

An indispensable reference for the history of monasticism in the western work, Montalembert’s seven-volume masterpiece on the subject still reads with depth and conviction. Covering the monastic movement from its precursors to the period of the Venerable Bede, this set contains substantial information on a number of western saints.

The classic hagiography of Saint George is presented here by E. W. Brooks. He gives a critical edition of the Syriac accompanied by an annotated English translation of the Acts. The “Acts of Saint George” stands in the tradition of early Christian devotional and historical records, and is a standard source for information about this formative saint.

This book traces the history of American foreign missions of all denominations. Following a historical survey of the missionary activities, the author gives the biographies and works of twenty-nine men and women missionaries. Numerous portraits are included.

Bringing together into one volume the classic liturgical studies of C. E. Hammond and F.

A critical edition of the Syriac Testament of St. Ephrem, along with a French translation and notes, secure Duval’s study a place in the literature concerning this document. This historic study provides a translation in accessible French along with the necessary critical apparatus for scholars.

The Acts of Pilate is an apocryphal document of uncertain date. Conybeare offers an introduction to and a critical edition of this text based on a Greek recension compared with two Armenian versions.

Neubauer addresses the related issues of the authorship of the Psalms and the individual psalm titles according to the early Jewish authorities. Beginning with a survey of what is known about music usage in Israelite worship, Neubauer launches into a thorough examination of what the Rabbinic material preserves regarding these issues.

The remarkable discovery of a fourth-century list of the books of the Old and New Testaments and the writings of Cyprian is related in this essay. The canon and order of the biblical books are discussed and the stichometry of the lists is also explored.