Talk given 11 July 2010 · Fr Michael Payyapilly VC
Published 16 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Final Mass Homily
Fr Michael Payyapilly calls Christians to carry Christ beyond private spiritual experience and take responsibility for the faith of their families, communities and nation. With a particular appeal to Catholics in Australia, he urges believers to evangelise, rely on the Holy Spirit, pray for local vocations and protect the faith for future generations.
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Talk given 11 July 2010 · Fr Varghese Parackal VC
Published 15 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Session 13
Fr Varghese Parackal traces the role of Mother Mary in Christian life through Scripture: Mother of God, blessed among women, intercessor at Cana, Mother given from the Cross, present with the praying Church before Pentecost, and a continuing maternal presence in the life of believers. He also teaches on the intercession of saints and sacred images before concluding with his lifelong testimony of the Three Hail Marys.
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Talk given 11 July 2010 · Fr Varghese Parackal VC
Published 12 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Session 11
Fr Varghese Parackal reflects on the Christian call to be like Jesus by learning His life of prayer. Through Scripture he shows Jesus praying before ministry, decisions and suffering, teaches that the Spirit of the Son enables us to cry 'Abba, Father,' and calls Christians to make personal and family prayer part of everyday life.
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Talk given 10 July 2010 · Fr Varghese Parackal VC
Published 10 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Session 9
Fr Varghese Parackal reflects on Jesus' forgiveness from the Cross and the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau. He presents unforgiveness as a struggle between the Holy Spirit and the human ego, calling Christians to surrender resentment, receive a new heart and choose forgiveness without postponing it.
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Talk given 11 July 2026 · Fr Joby George VC
Published 25 July 2026
Holy Family Parish, Doveton
Day Retreat - Session Four
Fr Joby recalls how Jeremiah 1:9 sustained him when he felt unprepared to preach and how 1 John 3:8-9 helped him confront a persistent spiritual weakness. Scripture becomes testimony when it is prayed faithfully in the place of temptation and hardship.
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Talk given 11 July 2026 · Fr Antony Parankimalil VC
Published 25 July 2026
Holy Family Parish, Doveton
Day Retreat - Session Three
Suffering can make us believe that God is against us, especially when other people interpret our trials as punishment. Fr Antony reflects on trust, spiritual discipline and the hidden work of grace through stories of family pain, public judgement, injustice and faithful surrender.
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Talk given 7 July 2026 · Fr Antony Parankimalil VC
Published 22 July 2026
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Bayswater
Marriage is a sacred vocation that needs more than affection and human effort. Fr Antony reflects on praying a blessing over one's spouse, guarding the family as a foundation, seeking personal conversion and inviting the Holy Spirit to sustain what human strength cannot hold together.
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Talk given 19 July 2025 · Fr Joby George VC
Published 17 August 2026
Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria
Powered by the Holy Spirit · 3-Day Live-In Retreat · 18-20 July 2025 · Session 3
Fr Joby George VC reflects on the Holy Spirit as the Spirit who unites and on unforgiveness as a root that divides families, relationships and communities. Drawing on Scripture and his own struggles with anger and forgiveness, he explains why human forgiveness becomes exhausted and why we need to receive the forgiveness of Jesus from the Cross until it overflows from us to others.
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Talk given 19 July 2025 · Fr Michael Payyapilly VC
Published 17 August 2026
Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria
Powered by the Holy Spirit · 3-Day Live-In Retreat · 18-20 July 2025 · Session 2
Fr Michael Payyapilly VC reflects on what it means to quench the Holy Spirit. When the self becomes the centre, our own voice can become louder than the Spirit, moral boundaries shift around what satisfies us, and what appears to be freedom can become slavery. The Spirit calls us instead to die to self, receive the truth of Christ, allow ourselves to be moulded and become people prepared for eternal life.
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Talk given 19 July 2025 · Fr Michael Payyapilly VC
Published 17 August 2026
Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria
Powered by the Holy Spirit · 3-Day Live-In Retreat · 18-20 July 2025 · Session 1
Christian discipleship cannot be reduced to prayers, retreats, blessings or a comfortable life. Fr Michael explains why the Holy Spirit is essential to accepting the lordship of Jesus, receiving difficult teaching, carrying the cross without cowardice, living love beyond ego, discerning truth and keeping eternal life as the destination of faith.
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Talk given 9 July 2010 · Fr Varghese Parackal VC
Published 2 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Session 3
Fr Varghese Parackal teaches that God has already separated light from darkness and good from evil. He calls us to let God search and weigh the heart, ask what we must do, avoid grieving the Holy Spirit, confess and forsake sin, and be transformed rather than conformed to the world.
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