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/catholic/jonah-and-the-good-samaritan/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/jonah-and-the-good-samaritan/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:32:02 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=182 What a fantastic and often underestimated gift the Lectionary is! Each day the Lectionary juxtaposes readings from Moses and the Prophets with the Gospels in order that we may hear Christ’s messianic mission pronounced clearly. Each time I read the daily readings I consider what purpose the Church had in mind and often I find Keep reading: Jonah and the Good Samaritan »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/catholic/jonah-and-the-good-samaritan/feed/ 0 http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/transfiguration-cloud/ http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/transfiguration-cloud/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:43:55 +0000 Tim Bartel http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/?p=165 So I think that this idea has merit… that the Apostles bore and raised the Church as Mary bore and raised Jesus. That brings up the question, when was the Church conceived rather than born or instituted (Jesus instituted the Church at His Ascension Mat 28:18-20)? It may be that the Church was announced at the Transfiguration, conceived at the Last Supper, labored for at the Crucifixion and born at the Resurrection. Indeed, as scripture says, this child was born quickly Keep reading: Transfiguration Cloud »]]> http://www.catholicbookwriter.com/goldenarrow/meditations/transfiguration-cloud/feed/ 0 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