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		<title>Flabbergasted by a devout Holy Mass</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2024/01/flabbergasted-by-a-devout-holy-mass/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 03:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="315" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Delft-Mass-420x315.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Delft-Mass-420x315.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Delft-Mass-744x558.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Delft-Mass-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Delft-Mass-720x540.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Delft-Mass-520x390.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Delft-Mass-320x240.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Delft-Mass.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />From Daphne Momple, Cape Town &#8211; A  few months ago, I attended Mass at St Lawrence church in Delft, on [&#8230;]
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		<title>The Language of the Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="280" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HeartLanguage-420x280.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HeartLanguage-420x280.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HeartLanguage-744x496.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HeartLanguage-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HeartLanguage-720x480.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HeartLanguage-520x347.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HeartLanguage-320x213.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HeartLanguage.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Stephen Clarke, Manila, Philippines &#8211; A  few years ago my dad surprised me with a story I had not heard. [&#8230;]
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		<title>Let’s Discuss Our Church’s Bible Past</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 03:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="280" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vintbible-420x280.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vintbible-420x280.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vintbible-744x496.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vintbible-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vintbible-720x480.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vintbible-520x347.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vintbible-320x213.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vintbible.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />From Cecil Cullen, Alberton &#8211; During my school days, long ago, and well thereafter, I understood that Bible study was [&#8230;]
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		<title>Preserve Our Catholic Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="512" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PreserveTradition2023-420x512.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PreserveTradition2023-420x512.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PreserveTradition2023-744x906.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PreserveTradition2023-768x936.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PreserveTradition2023-720x877.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PreserveTradition2023-520x634.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PreserveTradition2023-320x390.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PreserveTradition2023.jpg 985w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />From Lynette Peterson, Cape Town &#8211; Many Catholics attend Mass once a week in expectation of being fully instructed. Canon [&#8230;]
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		<title>Why We Cannot Share Communion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="315" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ShareCommunion-420x315.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ShareCommunion-420x315.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ShareCommunion-744x558.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ShareCommunion-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ShareCommunion-720x540.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ShareCommunion-520x390.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ShareCommunion-320x240.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ShareCommunion.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />By Fr Francois Dufour SDB, Cape Town &#8211; The intercommunion debate keeps re-emerging as a source of grievance and as [&#8230;]
<p><a href="https://www.scross.co.za/2022/12/why-we-cannot-share-communion/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Call the Spirit in Every Parish!</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2022/10/call-the-spirit-in-every-parish/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Letters Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Stephen Selbourne, Cape Town &#8211; The article on the indwelling of the Holy Spirit by Fr Ralph de Hahn in [&#8230;]
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		<title>How Can the Liturgy Be Improved?</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2022/10/how-can-the-liturgy-be-improved/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 03:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="280" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PriestLiturgy-420x280.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PriestLiturgy-420x280.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PriestLiturgy-744x496.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PriestLiturgy-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PriestLiturgy-720x480.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PriestLiturgy-520x347.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PriestLiturgy-320x213.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PriestLiturgy.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />Letter from Frits Rijkenberg, Howick &#8211; In many of our parishes, we see Sunday Mass mostly attended by older people. [&#8230;]
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		<title>The Look of Jesus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 03:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="306" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-faces-collage-420x306.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-faces-collage-420x306.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-faces-collage-744x541.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-faces-collage-768x559.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-faces-collage-720x524.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-faces-collage-520x378.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-faces-collage-320x233.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/jesus-faces-collage.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />By Bernard Moat, St Helena Bay &#8211; You should be proud of the numerous accolades that your publication is receiving, [&#8230;]
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		<title>Was Priest’s Murder Really a Martyrdom?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2022 07:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="302" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SC2111_10-11-420x302.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SC2111_10-11-420x302.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SC2111_10-11-744x536.jpg 744w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SC2111_10-11-768x553.jpg 768w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SC2111_10-11-720x518.jpg 720w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SC2111_10-11-520x374.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SC2111_10-11-320x230.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SC2111_10-11.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />P Kgaffe &#8211; Your article commemorating the 20th anniversary of the murder of Fr Michael D’Annucci was titled “Martyr of [&#8230;]
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