In Your Presence

This meditation was preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at the end of a retreat for priests to the Manoir de Beaujeu, near Montreal, on February 3, 2023.

Easter Vigil Gospel: Mark 16, 1-7 The women: Mary Ma…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at a retreat for priests at the Manoir de Beaujeu, near Montreal.

Matt 13:1-9:: That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.  Such large cr…

A meditation by Fr. Eric Nicolai on the conversion of St. Paul. Preached at Lyncroft Centre, January 25, 2023.

Acts 3, 5-10: ‘I was on that journey and nearly at Damascus when about midday a bright l…

Today, January 18 to January 25 is the Octave of Christian Unity. It finishes with the feast of the conversion of St. Paul on January 25. This Octave was first conceived by Father Paul Watson a Franc…

This is a meditation originally posted on Youtube in August 2021. Here it is re-broadcast in audio form. It was preached at the Manoir de Beaujeu, near Coteau-du-Lac, near Montreal, Quebec. The origi…

This is the introductory meditation for a retreat at the Manoir de Beaujeu, near Montreal, on January 2, 2023, preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai. 

Psalm 127: Nisi Dominus, Unless the Lord build the house:…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai in Kintore College on December 31, 2022 to inaugurate the New Year.

Today's first reading is from the book of Numbers 6, when Moses is told exactly how the p…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai, December 21, 2022 at Lyncroft Centre, Toronto.

Phil 4, 4: “Rejoice in the Lord always”. Joy is at the heart of Christian experience. Pope Benedict XVI said …

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Lyncroft Centre in Toronto, on December 18, 2022. Matthew relates it exclusively from the perspective of Saint Joseph, who as a descendant of David repres…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Ernescliff College on December 16, 2022.

In the first of his Infancy Narratives, Pope Benedict XVI places us at the very end of Jesus’ life as he stands i…

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation on December 13, 2022 in a recollection for priests at St. Aidan's parish Toronto.

After the annunciation, Mary went with haste, 80 km away to Ain Karim. Not …

Today’s proper preface for the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a synthesis of this mystery:

For you preserved the most Blessed Virgin Mary
from all stain of original sin,
so that in her, en…

St. Matthew 17:9a, 10-13 in which the disciples asked Jesus if he was Elijah.

I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they pleased. So also wil…

Fr. Eric Nicolai preaches on the feast of St. Andrew, Apostle, in Lyncroft Centre, Toronto. Saint Andrew is said to have preached the Gospel in Greece. There, in the city of Patras, he was martyred; …

Marana tha! Come, Lord Jesus!.  This is the very last word of the Bible, and it falls on the very last day of ordinary time. Tomorrow we will turn to advent, preparing ourselves for his coming at Chr…

St. Josemaria had a sense of excitement about what the Christian family could be like in the modern world. It was like an oasis that was nourished by this powerful underground source of fresh water, …

Preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Lyncroft Centre: St. Josemaria wrote in the The Way 301 about what he described as that little group of men or a handful of women in the midst of a world crisis. They …

A meditation on the nature of freedom, preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai in Lyncroft Centre, November 2022.

We have been called to freedom (Gal 5:13). By letting Christ reign in our heart we acquire true …

Fr. Eric Nicolai preaches at Kintore College.

Luke 16:1-8: Jesus tells the parable of the shrewd steward:

‘There was a rich man and he had a steward denounced to him for being wasteful with his prope…

Preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Lyncroft Centre on November 2, 2022.

In the 19th century, Cardinal John Henry Newman loved the Anglican choral tradition. But he was especially enamoured by the Holy M…