Author: Timothy Brunk
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The Vatican on Sacramental Validity
TIMOTHY BRUNK — I wonder about Gestis Verbisque and the anaphora of Addai and Mari.
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We’ve got a runner!
On New Year’s Eve, I was at a Mass which featured the baptism of a toddler.
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Singing . . . and not singing
As a follow-up to Music in Catholic Worship, issued by the-then Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy in 1972 and revised in 1983, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops promulgated Sing to the Lord in 2007. “By its very nature,” says this document in paragraph 2, “song has both an individual and a communal dimension. …
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Liturgy as Reunion
Must we be strangers and aliens to each other?
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Reflection on Kindness
Leo’s kindness reminded me of the Eucharist.
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Statement on Liturgy and Climate Change
In the hottest summer on record on our planet, the Council of the Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission (APLM) met from July 17 to 21 to launch a year-long program accompanying six congregations in the US and Canada as they develop new resources and practices for worship and mission in response to the urgency…
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Liturgical Joy
Every creature drinks from the same cup
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Worship and Wildfires
Does our worship turn wine country into wildfire country?
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Through a Mirror, Darkly
I have been pondering questions of sight and seeing lately.