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Fr Antony Parankimalil VC

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Talk given 12 July 2026 · Fr Antony Parankimalil VC

Published 22 July 2026

Holy Family Church, Doveton

Sanctify Yourself, and the Lord Will Do Wonders

God does not speak first to the person who is absent, but to the person who is present. Before asking Him to change others, we must allow His Word to sanctify our own hearts and prepare the way for His wonders.

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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

When God Leads You Through the Hard Road

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 11 July 2026 · Fr Antony Parankimalil VC

Published 25 July 2026

Holy Family Parish, Doveton

Day Retreat - Session One

See the Saint Inside the Sinner

A pure heart does not give up on those who seem lost. Fr Antony reflects on God's faithful love, family conversion, intercession and reconciliation.

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Talk given 7 July 2026 · Fr Antony Parankimalil VC

Published 22 July 2026

Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Bayswater

Bless Your Marriage: Prayer Holds a Family Together

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 5 July 2026 · Fr Antony Parankimalil VC

Published 22 July 2026

Holy Family Church, Doveton

Let Your Sins Melt Away: Everything Is Grace

We cannot overcome sin by talent or moral effort alone; everything is grace. Fr Antony reflects on the concrete works through which grace reshapes a life: caring for parents, bringing souls back to God, worshipping, helping the poor, praying for the departed and making almsgiving a way of life.

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Talk given 3 July 2026 · Fr Antony Parankimalil VC

Published 22 July 2026

Holy Family Church, Doveton

When Tragedy Becomes a Mission

Suffering is not proof that God has abandoned a person or family. Through the testimony of his sister's death and his mission in Rwanda, Fr Antony reflects on how Christ can turn tragedy into commissioning, family pain into intercession and a wounded past into a new beginning.

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Talk given 1 July 2026 · Fr Antony Parankimalil VC

Published 22 July 2026

Holy Family Church, Doveton

When Evil Attacks, God Remains Faithful

No Christian is immune from temptation or spiritual attack, but human weakness does not cancel the faithfulness of God. Fr Antony reflects on Saint Peter's fall and restoration, the spiritual protection of marriage and family, and the call to imitate Christ's self-giving love.

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