Talk given 11 July 2010 · Fr Michael Payyapilly VC
Published 11 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Session 10
Fr Michael Payyapilly teaches that Christian faith cannot embrace only healing and miracles while rejecting the Cross. Drawing on Jesus' temptations, St Peter, St Paul and personal testimonies, he presents suffering as capable of becoming salvific, purifying and formative when united with Christ, and calls disciples to trust God's grace without reducing prayer to a demand for comfortable outcomes.
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Talk given 20 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 5
The Eucharist reveals what Christ desires to do within us. Fr Michael Payyapilly VC reflects on how Jesus takes us as we are, blesses us in our weakness, and breaks what must change so He can mould us for His purpose and prepare us 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 4
Fr Michael Payyapilly VC reflects on the Holy Eucharist as Christ’s gift for the Christian journey towards eternal life. Moving from COVID-era livestreams and striking experiences during Mass to John 6 and the doctrine of transubstantiation, he explains why the Eucharist is more than habit, obligation or fellowship: in Holy Communion we receive Jesus Himself and are gradually conformed to Him.
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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 Michael Payyapilly VC
Published 31 August 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Session 1
The Cross is the definitive measure of God's love. Through Isaiah's suffering Servant, Fr Michael Payyapilly VC shows that Christ bears our infirmities and iniquity, loves us before we become worthy, and calls us to conversion as a response to love already given.
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Talk given 10 July 2010 · Fr Varghese Parackal VC
Published 4 September 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Session 5
Fr Varghese Parackal presents Christian marriage as a sacramental vocation held together by the grace of Christ. He teaches that husband and wife become one in Christ, are called to grow in holiness and love, help one another toward salvation, and remain open to the gift and responsibility of children.
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