http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow Catholic Works in progress by Tim Bartel ... decidedly not a rant! Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:09:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/two-standards-part-one/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/two-standards-part-one/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:03:12 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=29 Moving deeper toward the dark center of this place I saw many, many hundreds of thousands of people with snakes burrowing through their bodies, moving in and out of their flesh like worms in viscous mud. The people there stood nearly catatonic, not dancing at all but still as if completely given over to the movements of the serpents. The people’s heads were turned upward and their mouths open as if dry from thirst. But no water was given them. Keep reading: Two Standards – Part ONE »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/two-standards-part-one/feed/ 0 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/the-fathers-workshop/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/the-fathers-workshop/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:02:02 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=25 At once I am aware that the workshop is Joseph’s but also metaphorically the workshop of the Father in heaven. We get there instantly, and the Child Jesus explains, “We build many things here, my father and I.” I am aware that this means also that He and His Devine Father made all things. I notice a stain on a length of wood and Jesus responds, “Yes, it is my blood. Keep reading: The Father’s Workshop »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/the-fathers-workshop/feed/ 0