In Your Presence

Matt 25 Tells about the stewards and their talents. Some five talents, others two. But the guy with one talent hid it, buried it, and gave it back.  Like he wanted a refund. He did t open the package…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Hawthorn School in Toronto, on January 23, 2025.

There is one line by St. Josemaria that might encapsulate a mystery, and a mission. A fundamental truth t…

This meditation was preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai on at Lyncroft centre in Toronto, January 19, 2025.

You may have heard that Pope Francis has published his autobiography, published by Penguin Canada,…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai on January 15, 2025 in Kintore College, Toronto.

The Gospel today from Mark 1:29-39, tells us about some of the sick that Jesus healed, and the demons that h…

This is the last meditation of a retreat preached at Shellbourne Conference Centre in Valparaiso, IN, on December 31, 2024.

Mark 6: When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James…

A meditation preached at Shellbourne Conference Centre in Valparaiso, Indiana, during a retreat on December 27, 2024.

Gen 2, 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it …

With all the Christmas cards we’ve received, and the emails, and our own nativity scene, it is easy for us to imagine what happened that evening, and to see the warm glow of the child giving off divi…

A meditation preached at Lyncroft Centre in Toronto on December 20, 2024.

With the scene of the annunciation to Mary, redemption has begun. But the last thing the angel mentioned was meant to show t…

Preached on Gaudete Sunday at Lyncroft Centre, Toronto, December 15, 2024.

Phil 4, 4: Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is ne…

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation at Lyncroft Centre, Toronto on December 9, 2024, solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, her preservation from all…

Fr. Eric Nicolai peached this meditation on December 4th, 2024 at Kintore College.

Today’s Gospel is from St. Matthew St. Matthew 15, 29-37, about the multiplication of loaves and fish.

Crowds had fol…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai on December 3, 2024 at Ernescliff College, Toronto.

Jesus addresses a word of hope to His disciples: “Stand erect and raise your heads because your redemptio…

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation on November 24, 2024, the solemnity of Christ the King in Lyncroft Centre, Toronto.

John 18, 33: ’Are you the king of the Jews?’ Pilate asked. Jesus replied…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai on November 20, 2024 at Hawthorn School for Girls in Toronto.

J.R. R. Tolkien was chided by his contemporary fantasy writers for saying that the best fantas…

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation in Lyncroft Centre in Toronto, on November 2, 2024. Saint Josemaria faced a lot of opposition when he started his apostolic endeavours. In the Way he said: "…

After the Solemnity of the Solemnity of All Saints, and the Feast of All Souls, we want to examine ourselves to see if Christ truly reigns in our hearts, if he is there at the core of our being. This…

A meditation preached at Lancemore centre in Toronto on November 4, 2024. In 2017, the Prelate of Opus Dei said this: “the current situation of evangelization makes it more necessary than ever to giv…

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation at Lyncroft Centre in Toronto on th Solemnity of All Saints, November 1, 2024.

St. John the Apostle tells about his tremendous vision: After this I looked, a…

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai in Lyncroft Centre in Toronto, on October 27 2024. The focus is blind Bartimaeus and the heart of Jesus.

Mark 10:46-52: As Jesus left Jericho with his discip…

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this recollection at Hawthorn School in Toronto on October 23 2024.

We are preparing the centennial of Opus Dei, founded on October 2, 1928.

It was a shower of grace, that S…