"How To Wait Upon Our Lord" by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC-Advent 2023

In this Eucharistic talk, "How To Wait Upon the Lord"  live-streamed today, on "25 Days in Preparation of Christmas-Day 19",  Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC, Director -Divine Retreat Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka, wisdom-filled sharing inspires every Catholic  to wait upon the Lord as Prophet Simeon did.

"It was not a desperate wait. Rather it was a 'wait' that turned into a virtue."

"Simeon was a holy and righteous man who waited for the Glory of the Lord to be seen. He was promised by the Holy Spirit he would see the salvation of his people before he died. It was not an easy wait as it was without any timeframe and he was already very old. But Simeon waited in faith."

"Waiting when it is inspired by the Holy Spirit  is always a moment of growth."

"How do I keep still? How long should I wait? How much more should I wait?"

This blessed Advent reflection on how we should wait upon our Lord is timely and heart-provoking,

DRC Colombo YouTube channel link is https://www.youtube.com/@DRCColombo

"How Do I Treasure Jesus?" by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC

The Feast of St. Francis Xavier is celebrated on 03 Dec.

Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC, Director of Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka challenges each of us in this heart-provoking homily, - "HOW DO I TREASURE Jesus?". 

As we start our Advent in this new liturgical year, this is most timely to search our hearts for the Light & Love of Jesus to be the greatest treasure in our lives - and to live passionately for Jesus.

Fr. Michael asks, "Do we have the passion to proclaim Jesus to the world?"; "Is my passion for Jesus aflame in my heart  as it was in St. Francis Xavier's heart?"; "How do I treasure Jesus?"

St. Francis Xavier was one of the first Jesuits (Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola) - in fact he was the first Jesuit missionary and is considered the greatest missionary since the Apostles.

St Francis Xavier brought the Catholic faith to Goa, India and then to Kerala, India to restore the vibrancy of the Catholic faith that was introduced by St. Thomas the Apostle. From there, he sailed to Malacca, Malaysia; to Japan and finally to the small island of Shanghau, China where he became ill and passed away on 03 December 1552. A great feat of evangelization in 10 years!

St, Francis Xavier is the patron saint of all foreign missions. He is known as the "Apostle of the Indies" and the "Apostle of Japan".

"25 Days of Preparation for Christmas" by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC Starts Today (01-25 December 2023)

 The season of Advent is a blessed time to prepare ourselves for the Second Coming of Jesus our Saviour.  '25 Days of Preparation for Christmas' is a 40-minute daily reflection and Adoration service learning from 25 biblical characters connected to the Incarnation. Holy Mass follows it. This online retreat starts today (01 December) at 6.30 a.m. (Sri Lanka local time) until 25th December 2023. (Local times of your regions listed at the bottom of this post.)

Let us prepare to receive Jesus reverently with holiness and stillness of our hearts during our busy Christmas preparation. 

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news 

that will cause great joy for all the people''.

Luke 2:10

It will be live-streamed on Divine Retreat Centre Colombo YouTube channel from Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Please click on this Divine Retreat Centre Colombo YouTube link below:

'25 Days of Preparation for Christmas'

Local Start Timings for the following regions are:

Sri Lanka           6.30 a.m.  (local time)

India                  6.30 a.m. (IST)

Melbourne         12.00 p.m. (AEDT)

Kuala Lumpur   9.00 a.m. (MYT)

Dubai                5.00 a.m. (GST)

London             1.00 a.m. (GMT)

New York         8.00 p.m. (-1) (EST)

Please do invite your family and friends to join in this little spiritual daily Reflection & Prayer for our Advent preparation. 

May God's Spirit  & Grace be abundantly upon us!

"CALLED TO HOLINESS ONLINE RETREAT" - 01 to 31 August 2023 from Divine Retreat Centre Colombo"

 

"Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy, without holiness no one will see the Lord."

(Hebrews 12:14)

 

"CALLED TO HOLINESS ONLINE RETREAT-01 to 31 August 2023"

 

While every Christian is called to be holy, our heart and mind needs the discipline and commitment to live God's Call.

Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C., Director - Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, invites everyone to join in the "CALLED TO HOLINESS ONLINE RETREAT" - 40 Minutes of Reflection & Adoration starting tomorrow, 01 August 2023, until 31 August 2023 (followed by Holy Mass).

It will be live-streamed on Divine Retreat Centre Colombo YouTube channel from Sri Lanka.

Please click on the YouTube link below:

"CALLED TO HOLINESS ONLINE RETREAT-01 to 31 August 2023"

Local Start Timings for the "CALLED TO HOLINESS ONLINE RETREAT - 40 Minutes of Reflection & Healing Adoration for the following regions from tomorrow (01 - 31 August 2023) are:

Australia (MEL)    11.00 a.m. to 11.40 a.m.

India                     6.30 a.m. to 7.10 a.m.

Malaysia              9.00 a.m. to 9.40 a.m.

Dubai                   5.00 a.m. to 5.40 a.m.

London                2.00 a.m. to 2.40 a.m.

New York            9.00 p.m. to 9.40 p.m. (-1)

Please do invite your family and friends to join as we journey together in personal holiness to God.

May our lives be enriched by God's Word so that we are holy!

Feast of the SACRED HEART OF JESUS - Holy Mass & Healing Adoration with Full Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (16 June 2023)

 

"CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS"

The Catholic Church celebrates the Feast Day of the Sacred Heart of Jesus this Friday (16 June 2022). It is a blessed day to consecrate our families to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus  - inviting our Lord to dwell within our families and take control of every aspect of our daily lives.

Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C., Director - Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, invites very family celebrate the Feast of the SACRED HEART OF JESUS with live streaming of Holy Mass & Healing Adoration with the Full Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus this Friday (16 June 2023). 

 

 

Please do send your FAMILY NAME ONLY (not the names of individual family member's names) to the email below by  12.00 p.m. (Sri Lanka local time) this Friday (16 June 2023) so that your family will be prayed for specially during Holy Mass.

Do take note your family name only should be sent to this special email id: prayer@drccolombo.org

Example:

Family Name - Perera

Before the online service begins, Fr. Michael has requested you to place your family's Sacred Heart statue or Picture to be blessed during the Consecration of your family to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

It will be live-streamed on the YouTube channel from Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Please click on the Divine Retreat Centre Colombo YouTube link below:

Feast of the SACRED HEART OF JESUS - Holy Mass & Healing Adoration with the Full Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus this Friday (16 June 2023).

Local Start Timings for the different regions are listed below:

Australia (MEL)                      Start 11.30 p.m.

Sri Lanka /India                     Start 7.00 p.m.

Malaysia                                Start 9.30 p.m.

Dubai                                      Start 5.30 p.m.

London                                   Start 2.30 p.m.

New York                                Start 9.30 a.m.

Do invite your family and friends to join in consecrating their families to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus!

O Jesus, may our hearts be inflamed with Love for You!

A WEEK TO PENTECOST - 40 Minutes of Reflection & Healing Adoration starting tomorrow (Monday, 22 May 2023) until Pentecost Sunday

 

"PREPARING FOR A POWERFUL ANOINTING 

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THIS PENTECOST"

The Catholic Church's birthday is on PENTECOST SUNDAY.  As we are the body of the Church, it is also our 2nd birthday. It is a call to every Catholic to prepare ourselves spiritually to receive a powerful Anointing of the Holy Spirit as we celebrate PENTECOST SUNDAY on 28 May 2023.

Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C., Director - Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, invites everyone to join in A WEEK TO PENTECOST - 40  Minutes of Reflection & Healing Adoration starting tomorrow (Monday, 22 May 2023) until Pentecost Sunday (28 May 2023). Holy Mass will follow it. 

Let us prepare our minds and hearts to be set free from all the obstacles that hinder us from deepening our relationship with Jesus.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

(Galatians 5:22-23)

It will be live-streamed on Divine Retreat Centre Colombo YouTube channel from Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Please click on the Divine Retreat Centre YouTube link below:

A WEEK to PENTECOST - 40 Minutes Reflection & Healing Adoration  Service from 22 May until 28 May 2023

Local Start Timings for A WEEK to PENTECOST - 40 Minutes of Reflection & Healing Adoration for the following regions from tomorrow (22 May until 28 May 2023) are:

Australia (MEL)    11.00 a.m. to 11.40 a.m.

India                     6.30 a.m. to 7.10 a.m.

Malaysia              9.00 a.m. to 9.40 a.m.

Dubai                   5.00 a.m. to 5.40 a.m.

London                2.00 a.m. to 2.40 a.m.

New York            9.00 p.m. to 9.40 p.m. (-1)

Please do invite your family and friends to join in this spiritual daily Adoration Service for our Pentecost preparation. There is also Holy Mass after the daily Adoration Service.

May God's Spirit fall abundantly upon us and empower our lives!

FINAL DAY 3 Videos: ARCHDIOCESE OF KUCHING DIVINE LENTEN RETREAT 2023 by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC and Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

 

This post is the conclusion of the Archdiocese of Kuching Divine Lenten Retreat 2023 held from 24 to 26 February 2023. The retreat, "BEHOLD I AM MAKING ALL THINGS NEW" (Rev. 21:5), is just a platform for each of us to grow in our spirituality through deepening our intimacy with God and being rooted in Christ. 

Rev. Fr. Michael pull VC, Director of Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka and Rev. Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC, Regional Superior of Andhra Region of Vincentians, conducted this retreat.

This post has the FINAL two (2) Lenten video talks of Day 3 of the retreat. Please click on the YouTube video links below:

Day 3 Talk 1- by Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

Day 3 Talk 2 - by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC

On Day 3 of this retreat, Fr. Joseph spoke of the importance of Mother Mary in the lives of every Catholic - She is our role model to be fully committed to Christ and being faithful to God.

Fr.Michael concluded the retreat with heart-stirring talk on the Power of the Holy Spirit dwelling within each of us is a wake-up call for every Christian to live our mission on earth.

"We receive the Holy Spirit on the day of our Baptism. From that day onwards, it is very important for us to rekindle the Fire of the Holy Spirit within us - to have a very intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit."

"The Holy Spirit was regularly conversing with the early Christian community. This is what we are called to have - a relationship with the Person of the Holy Spirit.

"The Holy Spirit is not just a gift from Jesus. The Holy Spirit the Promise of Jesus. God will always keep HIs Promise and make it fruitful."

DAY 2 Videos: ARCHDIOCESE OF KUCHING DIVINE LENTEN RETREAT 2023 by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC and Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

This post contains the talks of the Day 2 Archdiocese of Kuching Divine Lenten Retreat 2023 held from 24 to 26 February 2023. The theme, "BEHOLD I AM MAKING ALL THINGS NEW" (Rev. 21:5), brought a deep renewal and joy in the hearts of the retreatants.

The retreat was conducted by Rev. Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC, Director of Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka and Rev. Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC, Regional Superior of Andhra Region of Vincentians, India.

This post has the six (6) Lenten video talks of Day 2 of the retreat. Please click on the YouTube video links below:

Day 2 Talk 1 - by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC

Day 2 Talk 2 - by Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

Day 2 Talk 3 - by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC

Day 2 Talk 4 - by Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

Day 2 Talk 5 - by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC

Day 2 Talk 6 - by Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

The final two (2) video talks of Day 3 will be uploaded tomorrow Friday, 31 March 2023.

On Day 2 of this retreat, Fr. Michael began by proclaiming with clarity that every Catholic is called to a godly repentance not a worldly repentance. "For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation. It brings no regret but worldly grief produces death. (2 Corinthians 7:10)"

"Fruitful retreats will save lives. Successful retreats will count numbers. That is the same with our lives as well. We are called to be fruitful people. Where I am planted by the Lord; Where I am permitted to be by the Lord, that is where I will bear fruit because the Lord's Hand is upon me. I might not be healthy; I might not be wealthy; I might not be successful - but I will be fruitful."

"The Lord is your blessing. He will provide you enough."

"Never be a stealer of blessings. What is needed for me, the Lord will give me."

DAY 1 Videos: ARCHDIOCESE OF KUCHING DIVINE LENTEN RETREAT 2023 by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC and Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

 In the sacred season of Lent, Archdiocese of Kuching Divine Lenten Retreat 2023 held from 24 to 26 February 2023 was an anointed and enlightening retreat. The theme, "BEHOLD I AM MAKING ALL THINGS NEW" (Rev. 21:5), touched the hearts of all the retreatants to live for Christ.

The retreat was conducted by Rev. Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC, Director of Divine Retreat Centre Colombo, Sri Lanka and Rev. Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC, Regional Superior of Andhra Region of Vincentians, India.

This post has the six (6) Lenten video talks of Day 1 of the retreat. Please click on the YouTube video links below:

Day 1 Talk 1 - by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC

Day 1 Talk 2 - by Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

Day 1 Talk 3 - by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC

Day 1 Talk 4 - by Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

Day 1 Talk 5 - by Fr. Michael Payyapilly VC

Day 1 Talk 6 - by Fr. Joseph Kannampally VC

The six (6) video talks of Day 2 will be uploaded on Wednesday, 29 March 2023.

The final two (2) video talks of Day 3 will be uploaded on Friday, 31 March 2023.

Fr. Michael shared what the Season of Lent should signify and the importance of Lent being a season of purification for every Catholic.

"The Season of Lent is a healing of our souls; a healing of our impurities. We are not citizens of this world. We are citizens of Heaven. We are preparing for eternity. For 40 days the evil one will intimidate us. Don't fall for that!"

" Do you want something new in your life? Then let the 40 days be your preparation. This retreat will only be a platform. After that, build on this retreat so that you may grow for the Glory of God."

"The old will be shed; the NEW will begin."

"Who Am I?" by Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C.

This video, "WHO AM I?", by Fr. Michael Payyapilly V.C., Director of Divine Retreat Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka is a timely reflection as we begin our New Year - 2023. "'Who am I?' That is a question we all need to ask ourselves.

"It is easy to give my name, or the place or country I am from or the state I come from." "When I ask it to myself, it is a far deeper question, It is about my identity - not just what I have on earth but my identity in the Light of Christ."

"Who am I?"

As we continue our faith journey into this New Year, may this Spirit-filled homily by Fr. Michael on 02 January 2023 help us reflect on this important question.