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Comment on On Elves… by On Elves… | Secrets of Middle-earth Blog

On Elves… | Secrets of Middle-earth Blog — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:13:03 +0000

[...] article appeared earlier on Inge’s blog over at http://www.taquoriaan.com. This entry was posted in Mythology and tagged Norse mythology, Scandinavian Folklore. [...]

Comment on Sunday Treat: A Discworld Cake! by pat scott, aka the-mama-nerd

pat scott, aka the-mama-nerd — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:21:56 +0000

Cool! nice to see it “live” and in living color!!

Comment on What Makes A Blog “Catholic”? by Pat scott, aka the-mama-nerd

Pat scott, aka the-mama-nerd — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:19:23 +0000

Thanks! We are glad to be able to hear about you, your thoughts , your journey, your insights, whether it’s about this weeks homily or an funny reference to BSG or young Potter!

Comment on Free Fall From Upper Atmosphere (STS-124 Launch) by Mark

Mark — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:22:50 +0000

That is pretty cool, yes, but my favourite launch video is this one, from STS-129 in November of last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwd31L2IP34&feature=player_embedded

Comment on The Day I Went To Hahvahd by Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:17:06 +0000

Great recaps! You missed one small thing on Friday. After lunch we went back to Zina’s to get your suitcase and meet the Ducttape family. Then with them we went to Park Street. It’s all good

Comment on CNMC: Looking Backward And Forward by Capt. Jeff

Capt. Jeff — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:47:51 +0000

Father who??? Just kidding, Inge!

It was so fantastic to see you again at the latest CNMC in Boston. I’m so glad you were able to make the flights.

I support your blogging effort 100%. You are a gifted writer, and really have an interesting story to tell. I look forward to following it!

Happy 2nd Anniversary on being Catholic!

Comment on CNMC: Looking Backward And Forward by Pat Scott, aka the-mama- nerd

Pat Scott, aka the-mama- nerd — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:19:22 +0000

I was so glad to meet you at the cnmc! Thanks for sharing some of your conversion story. I would love to hear you expand on how the listening to Fr Roderick and others helped you into the church…I keep mentioning him to lots of people, because I enjoy him, but hearing your perspective would be great!

Comment on Three Days To Go, Or Is It Two? by Gerran

Gerran — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:55:43 +0000

I haven’t got any experience with travels this far, but for my regular trips to Denmark (10 hrs) I just sleep ‘enough’ in advance. When I oversleep before a trip I usually don’t adjust very well back to a normal sleep rhythm. But then again, I travel to Denmark, so there isn’t a time shift.
Any way, I want to wish you a very good journey and an exceptionally good stay across the pond. Have fun!

Comment on CNMC 2010: Five Days To Go by Maria

Maria — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:38:03 +0000

I can’t wait to see you! I am too excited about Boson!

Comment on CNMC 2010 Countdown Has Started by Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:47:37 +0000

Thanks for the blog link! Can’t wait to see you in a week. Good luck in getting everything ready and in order for your trip. I don’t know what the official hash tag is, but we’ve been using #cnmc so far. No announcement has been made. See you soon!

Comment on Jesus and Twitter by Denyse

Denyse — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:13:04 +0000

Love your new layout, Inge!

Comment on Ouch… by Frank

Frank — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:20:30 +0000

No wonder, if you are pretending to be a saint…. but are not. The whale is a very catholic animal (Jona) and knows how to deal with these imposters.

Comment on The Last Airbender by Inge

Inge — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:25:07 +0000

I never saw the anime series called Avatar being aired in the Netherlands. This is different from the James Cameron movie. Wikipedia on the tv series: Avatar - The Last Airbender

Comment on The Last Airbender by Me

Me — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:24:54 +0000

Only available in the US? It was huge in the Netherlands!

Comment on The Last Airbender by Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:53:42 +0000

While I agree that the trailer looks good, the movie reviews have been pretty bad. In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen a single positive review of the film.

If it doesn’t do well at the box office…then it may not still be in theaters come August.

Comment on Recensie: Carcasonne – Overzee by Francis Siefken

Francis Siefken — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:41:24 +0000

Ha, leuk om te lezen, een mede bordspel liefhebber! We hebben ook Carcassonne maar spelen het eigenlijk niet meer, het is wel een leuk spel daar niet van, maar soms wil je wat anders dan de poppetjes tellen. Je schrijft, “het is niet mijn favoriete spel”. Dan wordt ik natuurlijk nieuwsgierig, wat is je favoriete spel? Kende je Puerto Rico al?

Comment on Een huiszegen by Francis Siefken

Francis Siefken — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:26:25 +0000

Goed om her en der te lezen dat je je plek hebt gevonden, ook leuk om de vergelijking tussen Kerk en huis te lezen! Plekken (werk, thuis of virtueel) zijn belangrijk, je moet er echt jezelf kunnen zijn en kunnen ontspannen. Het leven is soms al lastig genoeg, je moet je batterij ergens kunnen opladen. Onze plek is helaas nog niet helemaal op orde.
Ik ben nieuwsgierig, is er een gebedshoekje ingericht?

Comment on “Iemand wordt makkelijker zwanger door te zoenen, dan pedofiel door het celibaat” by The Kröber interview, now available in Dutch « In Caelo et in Terra

The Kröber interview, now available in Dutch « In Caelo et in Terra — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:16:08 +0000

[...] Hans-Ludwig Kröber about the alleged relation between celibacy and pedophilia. Now, thanks to Taquoriaan, that interview is also available in Dutch. An interesting read with some very thought-provoking [...]

Comment on 030 Catholic Syncretism by Inge

Inge — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:36:00 +0000

I think I need to get that book then. It just screams to be reviewed!

Comment on 030 Catholic Syncretism by Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:54:17 +0000

Excellent discussion on syncretism! Unfortunately, in this age of moral relativism, I think many of your points are lost on folks who consider themselves “spiritual” rather than “religious.”

Case in point: One of the most popular books today is The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. I recently read it–the protagonist (Pi) is noted for, among other things, his syncretism. And as you can guess, Pi is portrayed as the enlightened one–while the priest, imam and (I don’t know what Hindu ministers are called) are seen as the guys who just don’t get it.

Comment on 029 Baptism by Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:36:55 +0000

Good timing. I am almost finished reading Nouwen’s book. While I understand your comments/concerns, I think that overall it is a good book. I think its most important point–which had not previously occurred to me–is that the cup of sorrow, the cup of joy, the cup of blessings, and the cup of salvation are all one and the same cup.

Comment on Captain Kirk vs. Strange Alien Culture by Maria Johnson

Maria Johnson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:11:03 +0000

It’s stuck in my head again. Glad to spread the joy…and the earworm. TROLOL.

Comment on Real Dutch Pancake Recipe by Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:28:37 +0000

Silly IHOP people. Everyone knows Shrove Tuesday is International Pancake Day.

Comment on Video: Het is echt koud wanneer… by Gerda

Gerda — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:48:39 +0000

Van een Russische vrouw leerde ik:
Het is pas echt koud wanneer de ijsbeer om een jas vraagt.

Comment on Pink Stinks: Telling Young Girls How To Think Properly by Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:15:16 +0000

Interesting. One of the Pinkstinks T-shirts says “I’m no princess”. When our 14-year-old daughter was 4, she noticed that the neighbor girl was called “my little princess” by her father. She asked me why I didn’t call her “my little princess”. I said that I wanted her to grow up to be strong and independent.

She had reminded me of this a couple of weeks ago. I had completely forgotten about that brief incident 10 years ago; she will always remember it. She said that afterward she lamented to herself, “But I want to be called a princess!”

Comment on The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Miramax) by artyi

artyi — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:24:48 +0000

I read the book and there no way I could see the film!!!! The book was beautifully written

Comment on A podcasting priest by Inge

Inge — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:19 +0000

@Lyn f., I know. I had to chuckle myself to when coming across it. I could have left it over at the Dutch blog, but it was just too funny not to translate it. Maybe I should do a search on what I have said about Catholicism in the past years and laugh harder.

Comment on A podcasting priest by Lyn f.

Lyn f. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:45:53 +0000

LOL, Inge! How things have changed in two years!

Comment on Communion: in the hand or on the tongue? by Conniedl

Conniedl — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:00:02 +0000

Hi Inge,

Its so interesting how things are different in different countries, even different parishes. Its funny, but I prefer receiving in my hand for very similar reasons to yours. But, mine came about differently. I am a cradle Catholic. When I was little, no one was allowed to touch the host except the priest. I was about 12 when the Vatican II changes to the Mass occurred here in the US. However, the indult to receive in the hand did not occur until much later. I learned that the changes occurred in order to bring the people much closer to our Lord. The priest was our mediator, but we all should participate in the Liturgy as the Body of Christ. With the priest now facing us we could see and be part of the Liturgy, as opposed to the priest doing everything on our behalf without our participation. It becomes our offering too now.

I remember when it was announced that we could receive in the hand. I was about 22 years old then and it was the best news I’d heard. I was overjoyed. I could touch our Lord! It made receiving Communion so much more meaningful for me. I was in intimate contact with our Lord. I was \good enough\ to touch Him and He wanted to touch me. This holds until this day and even though many, many people in the parish I attend prefer to receive on the tongue, I receive in the hand and will do so as long as the Church allows. Very different experiences with very much the same feelings. This makes me see why the Church allows both and why God inspired the Church fathers to allow both ways of receiving.

Comment on Communion: in the hand or on the tongue? by Rismi

Rismi — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:43:09 +0000

Hi Inge. I respect those who which to receive the Lord on the tongue, but… as you say, it is more the interior attitude that is the most important. I am sure you receive Him with all of your undivided love for Him, as I do as well and many others too.

One of the aspects I prefer on the hands is hygiene and that is also one of the reasons why it changed. Each time a Eucharistic Minister gives Jesus on someone’s tongue, s/he touches that persons mouth and lots of times gets in contact with saliva. Then s/he passes it to the next person via the next Eucharistic that s/he takes or touching the other’s person mouth. I was a Eucharistic Minister in Peru for a couple of years and your hands can get… You understand.

Another reason I prefer to receive Jesus on my hands is the fact of the 1st Holy Supper on Holy Thursday. Jesus said: “Take and eat…”, “Take and drink…” He did not put the Eucharistic in their mouths, but passed it around after consecrating it.

When I approach the priest or a Eucharistic Minister, I bend my head slightly with all of my reverence to God, while I prepare my hands as a throne, all with lots of love. My “Amen” is firm and I am not shy to say it out loud. He is my Lord and I know He is present and alive in the Eucharist!

If we had communion rails, I would receive Him kneeling, but in my hands. I do miss our communion rails on each bench, be it for the moment of consecration as for personal time of prayer before/after mass or after receiving Him in the Eucharist. They don’t have the communion rails on each bench anymore here in Belgium. I know they do have them in all German Catholic churches. How is it in The Netherlands?

Again, thanks for sharing.

Comment on Me, my mantilla and Jesus by Rismi

Rismi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:25:36 +0000

Thanks for sharing your personal experience about this! That moment of union is so special. The Lord becomes one with us and we become one with Him. It is a moment of total consecration, of belong, of living our baptismal promise, praising and adoring Him. God bless you.

Comment on Where Food Meets Faith by Holly (BirlGirl)

Holly (BirlGirl) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:35:27 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to write this article about the Catholic Foodie which gives us a little more insight in to Jeff Young’s life.

Comment on Where Food Meets Faith by Michael Kuypers

Michael Kuypers — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:23:39 +0000

Good job of interviewing, Inge! And good job, too, Jeff!

Comment on What If Star Trek Used Windows? by krissy knox

krissy knox — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:55:50 +0000

Oh, forgot to say, my husband John loves Star Trek! He is a Catholic Convert also — first agnostic, than Protestant, than Catholic. He just watched the movie above and laughed so hard. We get so upset about Internet Explorer. But the firlm was funny!

Comment on What If Star Trek Used Windows? by krissy knox

krissy knox — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:51:55 +0000

If it weren’t so sad, and I wasn’t crying, this would be really, really funny, LOL. Lately I’ve had such trouble with Internet Explorer running on Windows Vista. Oh, I remember you have a “No Internet Explorer” sign on your avatar, don’t you? I’m with you, girl! And I read your bio / profile, I’ll being praying for you, for whatever vocation the Lord would have for you. By the way, I am a convert also, into the Catholic Church, if you’d ever like to talk, please email me at fish…@aol.com I feel there are some things I would like to talk to you about after browsing your blog. Please? I can also give you my phone number if talking on the phone is easier. And yes, I do talk to strangers, LOL. Bc I like to help people. But I don’t feel we are strangers bc we know each other from Twitter. I am @iamkrissy on Twitter. So anyway, just want to help a fellow Catholic, and you could help me also. Okay, gotta run, and God bless you,

krissy knox
let’s connect on twitter
http://twitter.com/iamkrissy

Comment on St. Francis of Assisi by Inge

Inge — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:40:35 +0000

@krissy knox,
Thanks for your comment. The reason I try to post short bios on saints and why their example is of value to us today is to show you don’t have to re-invent the wheel yourself every single day. We have so many relatives in heaven who walked the same path we are walking, so it’s great to get some ‘tips’ and ‘suggestions’ from them. I’m trying to make this a fairly regular part of my blog, and I’m pleased to hear there are actually people benefiting from it.

Comment on St. Francis of Assisi by krissy knox

krissy knox — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:24:09 +0000

Thanks for sharing this info on Saint Francis as I would like to show it to my husband, John. He has been wanting to learn more about St. Francis, as he chose Francis as his confirmation name bc of his love for St. Francis. The post is very welcome bc my husband has not had time to read much about St. Francis, as he hasn’t been Catholic long; John is a fairly new convert to the Catholic faith and Church. Thanks for letting both John and I know about Saint Francis’ rich life and faith, so we could better come to understand this faith filled man of the Lord.

God bless,
Krissy Knox
follow me on twitter:
http://twitter.com/iamkrissy

Comment on What If Star Trek Used Windows? by Rismi

Rismi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:59:17 +0000

I totally agree with it! LOL

Comment on Creationisme: binnenkort in een openbare school bij u in de buurt! by Inge Loots

Inge Loots — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:44:20 +0000

Ik behoor niet tot een bepaalde 'groep', voor zover ik weet. Ik denk ongeveer hetzelfde over de evolutietheorie als de katholieke kerk doet. Kapelaan Roderick Vonhögen heeft hier een keer een aflevering van de Daily Breakfast podcast aan gewijd. Klik hier.

Comment on Creationisme: binnenkort in een openbare school bij u in de buurt! by Stefan Ansinger

Stefan Ansinger — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:40:18 +0000

Hallo Inge,

Even een vraagje: Tot welke groep behoor jij? En hoe denk jij dan over de Evolutietheorie? K’ben een derde jaars voortgezet onderwijs leerling maar heb geen idee hoe met de evolutietheorie als Katholiek om te gaan? Enige bronnen of interessante informatie?

Groeten,

Stefan Ansinger

p.s. je doet echt GOED Katholiek werk op deze site! Prima! Het geloof verkondigen zoals het hoort! Fijn dat we nog van deze mensen hebben!