Topic
Teachings connected with spiritual growth, gathered to support prayer, reflection and everyday faith.
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.
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.
Published 31 August 2026
Mannix College, Clayton (Melbourne), Victoria
Let His Spirit Flow · Live-In Retreat · 9-11 July 2010 · Session 2
Fr Michael Payyapilly asks how we respond to God's love and the blessings entrusted to us. Using Saul as the central biblical example, he warns how carelessness, pride and sin can move the heart away from God, and calls us to remember God's gifts and retrace our steps back to Him.
