Fr Ralph de Hahn – The Southern Cross

Christ, Compassion & Consolation

By Fr Ralph de Hahn / January 24, 2026

Fr Ralph de Hahn explores how compassion, rooted in the Holy Spirit, becomes a powerful force to console the broken-hearted […]

By Fr Ralph de Hahn – In Mathew’s Gospel (6:22-23), Jesus teaches that the eye is the lamp of the body:

By Fr Ralph de Hahn – One morning I woke up smiling and began to wonder if I had been smiling

By Fr Ralph de Hahn / December 25, 2024

A Christmas Story by Fr Ralph de Hahn – Saint Luke’s Hospital stands as a healing light on a hill overlooking

Injustice is a consequence of a failure to love our neighbour, and thus to obey Jesus’ commandment. And when there

A reflection by Fr Ralph de Hahn – As we prepare to celebrate Corpus Christi on June 2, I wonder whether

By Ralph de Hahn – Many great beginnings have insignificant endings; they just fade into the twilight of life. On the

By Fr Ralph de Hahn / January 29, 2024

We have heard many times that “God will judge us by our conscience”, but we also know that in our

By Fr Ralph de Hahn / December 25, 2023

A Christmas Story by Fr Ralph de Hahn It was the year 1940. A menacing terror was gripping all Europe.