Topic

suffering

Teachings connected with suffering, gathered to support prayer, reflection and everyday faith.

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

When Suffering Comes: Finding Meaning, Strength and Hope in Christ

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.

Talk given 20 July 2025 · Fr Michael Payyapilly VC

Published 17 August 2026

Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Belgrave Heights, Victoria

The Eucharist: Taken, Blessed and Broken for God's Purpose

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.

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

Look at the Cross: The Measure of God's Love

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.