https://www.scross.co.za Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:55:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.scross.co.za/2026/06/why-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-matters/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:04:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=41554 The Church marks the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the 3rd Friday after Pentecost, with that beautiful […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/01/christ-compassion-consolation/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:56:14 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=83978 Fr Ralph de Hahn explores how compassion, rooted in the Holy Spirit, becomes a powerful force to console the broken-hearted […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2025/12/our-precious-gift-of-freedom/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 03:46:53 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=83544 The subject of freedom raises many challenging questions, even more so in our time. The 18th-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau famously […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2025/05/the-eye-more-than-just-vision/ Tue, 27 May 2025 03:40:59 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=81113 By Fr Ralph de Hahn – In Mathew’s Gospel (6:22-23), Jesus teaches that the eye is the lamp of the body: […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2025/03/the-great-power-of-a-smile/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 03:22:31 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=80246 By Fr Ralph de Hahn – One morning I woke up smiling and began to wonder if I had been smiling […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/12/christmas-story-by-fr-ralph-de-hahn-a-fresh-look-out-of-ward-e/ Wed, 25 Dec 2024 03:30:21 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=79000 A Christmas Story by Fr Ralph de Hahn – Saint Luke’s Hospital stands as a healing light on a hill overlooking […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/08/justice-and-love/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:09:03 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=77488 Injustice is a consequence of a failure to love our neighbour, and thus to obey Jesus’ commandment. And when there […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/05/corpus-christi-the-sacrifice-of-the-mass/ Tue, 28 May 2024 03:24:34 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=75832 A reflection by Fr Ralph de Hahn – As we prepare to celebrate Corpus Christi on June 2, I wonder whether […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/04/water-blood-and-fire/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:03:15 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=75546 By Ralph de Hahn – Many great beginnings have insignificant endings; they just fade into the twilight of life. On the […]]]>