The light crashes through . . .
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Author: Timothy Brunk
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.
The Eucharist OF the Church
“The sacrifice of the Church” could be understood as referring to something the Church is offering to God, something that is other than the Church itself.
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The Heidi Bowl and Liturgical Celebrations
Every liturgical celebration should have a Heidi Bowl aspect to it
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Brief Book Review: Commodified Communion
Timothy Brunk reviews Antonio Eduardo Alonso, Commodified Communion: Eucharist, Consumer Culture, and the Practice of Everyday Life.
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All Creation Praises God
Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD, and let your faithful ones bless you.
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Mountains and Valleys
“Extol the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy.”
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Gathering, Remembering and the Kingdom
May we go forth renewed in the relentlessness of divine love.
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When It Bugs You
“This will not do,” I said to myself.
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Reflections on a Liturgy of COVID-tide
Like many others, I went to the designated building.
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Lazarus: “I want to live”
Neither in this pericope nor in any gospel passage does Lazarus speak.
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