Author: Timothy Brunk
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Watching in Advent 2020
“What I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”
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All the Saints, All the Souls, and All of Us
Every day is a day of all the saints, all the souls, and all of us.
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Corporation Rituals
On 28 August, the New York Times ran a story with the headline “God Is Dead. So Is the Office. These People Want to Save Both.”
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An Assault at Mass
On 23 August, during Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, a lector was assaulted.
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Liturgies and Shopping Carts
When we come to liturgy looking for stability, in what ways are we more or less unintentionally kicking the shopping cart?
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Statues, Continued: Symbols Are Actions
Symbols are not static.
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Gottschalk and George Floyd
If one fails to tackle racism, one is not taking worship seriously at all.
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The Liturgical Sensorium and COVID-19
I hear the Word of God proclaimed in juxtaposition not to a statue of St. Augustine but to two toy statues of Godzilla and Monster Zero in my living room.
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Meditation in front of a Tabernacle
The parish where I worship collects food items at weekend Masses in order to provide support to a food pantry in an impoverished neighborhood in Philadelphia. As is the case in many other places, my region is under a shelter in place order and public liturgical services are severely curtailed. On Thursdays, I walk from…