Jorge Cardinal Medina Estevez, former Prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, responds to the attack by modern society on the sanctity and indissolubility of marriage with these beautiful, thought-provoking and clear essays on marriage and the family. He shows how this most noble institution, and the loftiness of its dignity and beauty, can be understood only in all its depth through the timeless Christian teaching on marriage and family, as seen in the Bible, and how it is related to the great mystery of Christ's love for the Church.