http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow Catholic Works in progress by Tim Bartel ... decidedly not a rant! Sat, 05 May 2012 05:11:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/acting-in-faith-a-lenten-practice/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/acting-in-faith-a-lenten-practice/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:12:30 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=993 Today’s Gospel reading from Mark 2:1-12 is the breakthrough story of the paralytic, whose friends, seeing that the immense popularity of Jesus prevents access to Him, open up the roof of the house where Jesus is staying and lower the child to Him. Upon seeing this extraordinary act Jesus is moved to heal the paralytic. 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Jesus did this with parables, using archetypes of people from various vocations; vineyard owners and workers, Samaritans and priests, fathers and children, women and men, etc. Saints have Keep reading: Indiana Jones and a Catholic’s Perspective »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/indiana-jones-and-a-catholics-perspective/feed/ 1 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/a-heart-for-christ/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/a-heart-for-christ/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:07:38 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=953 As a writer, I enjoy a good parallel in sentence structure and between two subjects in a paragraph, and when used as a motif throughout a work. Sometimes I am struck by a parallel I would not have considered, such as the one that the Franciscans draw in their short Way of the Cross on Keep reading: A Heart for Christ »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/a-heart-for-christ/feed/ 0 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/when-the-water-turned-to-wine/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/when-the-water-turned-to-wine/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:55:57 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=949 John 2:1-11 When did it happen; at what point did the water turn to wine? There are no active words from Jesus calling the water wine. The waiters followed his instructions, filling the jars to the brim. They would have seen, and smelled the effervescence of wine had the change taken place immediately. Jesus then Keep reading: When the Water Turned to Wine »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/when-the-water-turned-to-wine/feed/ 0 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/proclaiming-the-kingdom/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/proclaiming-the-kingdom/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 01:27:28 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=940 The Luminous Mysteries each have a distinct way of pointing to Christ as the Messiah. Declaration at Jesus’ baptism, transformation at the Cana wedding feast, proclamation at all of Jesus’ discourses, transfiguration on the mount and transubstantiation at the institution of the Eucharist, each reveal, in varying ways, that Jesus is the Christ and the Keep reading: Proclaiming the Kingdom »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/proclaiming-the-kingdom/feed/ 0 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/reading-jesus-between-the-lines/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/reading-jesus-between-the-lines/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:53:37 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=933 John 2:1-11 – The wedding feast at Cana – presents us with the only recounting of Jesus’ first public miracle, which leaves the reader to ponder apparent gaps that might otherwise have been filled in by harmonizing with Mathew, Mark and Luke. The first two lines establish the setting; it’s the third day of the Keep reading: Reading Jesus between the Lines »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/reading-jesus-between-the-lines/feed/ 2 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/interview-catholic-writers-guild/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/interview-catholic-writers-guild/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:58:01 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=874 “Indeed, ‘interpretation’ can apply whether the story is a dream from God or a parable of Bosco’s invention… He enjoyed creating mystery, which kept people involved and aided them to contemplate holy things, conjecturing what they mean and how best to live out their morals, and simply filled them with wonder. “ The following is Keep reading: Interview: Tim Bartel – Catholic Writer’s Guild »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/interview-catholic-writers-guild/feed/ 0 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/why-the-grail-is-holy/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/why-the-grail-is-holy/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:07:54 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=867 One of the major criticisms offered by modern scholars examining early grail literature is that the grail was not originally titled as the Holy Grail and so therefore is properly understood simply as a cup, and just as a cup can be filled with anything so too the meaning of the Holy Grail can be Keep reading: Why the Grail is Holy »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/why-the-grail-is-holy/feed/ 2 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/vatican-news/catherine-of-bologna-treatise-on-the-seven-spiritual-weapons/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/vatican-news/catherine-of-bologna-treatise-on-the-seven-spiritual-weapons/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:26:42 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=862 On December 29, 2010, in his general audience Pope Benedict catechized on the seven spiritual weapons which Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463). They are concise and easy to recall, and since there are seven it makes it convenient to contemplate one each day as a guide to daily sanctification. These notes are contained in her one Keep reading: Catherine of Bologna – Treatise on the Seven Spiritual Weapons »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/vatican-news/catherine-of-bologna-treatise-on-the-seven-spiritual-weapons/feed/ 3 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/vatican-news/searchable-vatican-information-service-blog/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/vatican-news/searchable-vatican-information-service-blog/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:58:00 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=856 Last year in April the Vatican Information Service, the official daily news bulletin service of the Vatican, announced the opening of its online blog. The blog is searchable and contains post data from as far back as 1999! VIS NOW HAS ITS OWN BLOG VATICAN CITY, 12 APR 2010 (VIS) – As of the morning Keep reading: Searchable Vatican Information Service Blog »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/vatican-news/searchable-vatican-information-service-blog/feed/ 0