Timothy Brunk, Author at PrayTellBlog

Timothy Brunk is associate professor of theology at Villanova University where he teaches courses in sacramental theology, liturgy and culture, and pastoral care of the sick. His The Sacraments and Consumer Culture (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2020) examines the relationships between worship and consumerism. He has published in Horizons, Worship, American Catholic Studies, Studia Liturgica, and elsewhere.

Man Will One Day Reach the Moon

January 14, 2023 Timothy Brunk 5_ Liturgical Spirituality

Well, duh. We’ve been to the moon. Everybody knows that.

When Christmas Hurts

December 12, 2022 Timothy Brunk Devotions and Sacramentals

How often do our parishes acknowledge pregnancies that fail?

Paschal Love

November 6, 2022 Timothy Brunk Children Liturgical Spirituality Penance-Reconciliation

No one joins a club whose motto is “Each of us looks out for No. 1.”

Longing to Belong

October 3, 2022 Timothy Brunk Eucharist Liturgical Spirituality

Recently, I returned to in-person worship.

One Flock, Walking Together

August 29, 2022 Timothy Brunk Do It Rite Eucharist Liturgical Catechesis Liturgical Movement Liturgical Spirituality Pastoral Theology Pope Benedict XVI Pope Francis Teaching Liturgy

“When I join a communion procession, do I engage in this action as though I were a customer in line at a supermarket or an amusement park?”

A Horticulturist Goes to Mass

July 22, 2022 Timothy Brunk Liturgical Spirituality

Sometimes I look at liturgy through the eyes of a rubricist.

Brief Book Review: Death by Baptism

July 20, 2022 Timothy Brunk Brief Book Review Funerals/Burial Initiation / RCIA Recently Published Books

Honeycutt confronts head-on truncated understandings of baptism as “fire insurance” against eternity in hell or as supernatural guarantee against misfortune.