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		<title>Mary Magdalene &#8211; From 7 Demons to Disciple</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jael SC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 03:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We find Mary Magdalene&#8217;s story in all four gospels, where she&#8217;s mentioned by name 14 times Luke 8:1-2 &#8211; &#8220;After this, [&#8230;]
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		<title>Meet The Women In Luke’s Gospel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr Ralph de Hahn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 06:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Fr Ralph de Hahn looks at the women in the Gospel of St Luke, which we follow in the present liturgical year. Luke [&#8230;]
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		<title>Learning Psalm 131</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2017/08/learning-psalm-131/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamar SC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Psalm 131 is "one of the shortest psalms to read but one of the longest psalms to learn". It's a lone prayer - a private prayer to God which expresses trust and a childlike dependence on God.
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		<title>Who Was Melchizedek?</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2017/08/who-was-melchizedek/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Shackleton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 07:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I attended the ordination of a priest and heard Genesis 14:18-20 quoted wherein Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High, blessed Abram. Who was this Old Testament man and how can he be associated with Christ and the priesthood today?
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		<title>Learning Psalm 1</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2017/07/learning-psalm-1/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamar SC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2017 06:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Psalm 1 &#8211; the very first of 150 psalms in the bible &#8211; can be said to be a summary [&#8230;]
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		<title>The Gospels and the Eucharist Changes Lives</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2017/06/gospels-eucharist-changes-lives/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jael SC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 08:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Read the four gospels, and see why every meeting with Jesus Christ brought a change in so many lives. Fr Ralph [&#8230;]
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		<title>100 Most-Read Bible Verses-10</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamar SC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deacon Lionel Cooper compiled the &#8220;100Scripture100&#8221; booklet for easy reference to the most loved and most quoted passages in the [&#8230;]
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		<title>Memory is a Grace to Ask For</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2017/01/memory-grace-ask/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jael SC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 08:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christians who do not remember the graces they received by God in the past can lose hope, turning into cowards [&#8230;]
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		<title>Pope Francis: The Courage of Judith</title>
		<link>https://www.scross.co.za/2017/01/pope-francis-courage-judith/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamar SC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 10:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The humble counsel of courageous women should never be disregarded but rather embraced as advice full of God&#8217;s divine wisdom, [&#8230;]
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