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In Your Presence

Meditations by Fr. Eric Nicolai, a Catholic priest of Opus Dei in Ernescliff College, Toronto. They are times of prayer addressed to men or women, with the intention of providing a personal dialogue with the Lord Jesus Christ present in their midst. They are usually preached in oratories of Opus Dei.

Christianity Religion & Spirituality
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every 4 days
Average duration
28 minutes
Episodes
420
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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The Possibility of Betrayal and Infidelity

The Possibility of Betrayal and Infidelity

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation in Kintore College, Toronto, on March 27, 2024. What a contrast between the gratitude and generosity of Mary of Bethany and the painful betrayal of Judas, on…

00:31:40  |   Sat 30 Mar 2024
Palm Sunday and the Passion: It's all Redemptive

Palm Sunday and the Passion: It's all Redemptive

A meditation preached at Lyncroft Centre in Toronto on Palm Sunday, 2024.

All the witnesses of the events that occurred at the Passover of that year in Jerusalem preserved the searing memory of the …

00:28:43  |   Sun 24 Mar 2024
Joseph Takes us By the Hand to Face Pain

Joseph Takes us By the Hand to Face Pain

A meditation preached on March 20, 2024 at Hawthorn School for Girls.

We are closing into the end of Lent. Yesterday we celebrated the solemnity of St. Joseph. We have been meditating on this figure …

00:29:49  |   Fri 22 Mar 2024
Joseph Rose and Did as the Angel Bid him

Joseph Rose and Did as the Angel Bid him

March 19, 2024 is the solemnity of St. Joseph, the foster Father of Jesus. On this occasion, Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation to Ernescliff College, Toronto.

Today we go from the Trinity on …

00:30:01  |   Tue 19 Mar 2024
Letting God Work

Letting God Work

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation at Ernescliff College on March 13, 2024.

John 5:17-30: Jesus said to the Jews, ‘My Father goes on working, and so do I.’ But that only made them even more i…

00:24:23  |   Wed 13 Mar 2024
You Can't Face Temptations with ChatGPT

You Can't Face Temptations with ChatGPT

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation at Ernescliff College, Toronto on March 10, 2024.

We started Lent with the figure of the devil tempting Jesus in the desert.

First , this is an opportunity …

00:30:02  |   Sun 10 Mar 2024
Like a Tree Planted by a Flowing River

Like a Tree Planted by a Flowing River

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation to a group of priests at the Manoir de Beaujeu, near Montreal on February 27, 2024.

In one of his letters, St. Paul reflects his deep solicitude and his joy …

00:30:41  |   Tue 05 Mar 2024
The Chair of Peter

The Chair of Peter

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Kintore College, Toronto, on the Feast of the Chair of Peter, February 22, 2204.

Today’s feast is like the result of the prayer of Jesus, or better, the t…

00:20:23  |   Fri 23 Feb 2024
Who Will Remove the Stone in My Life?

Who Will Remove the Stone in My Life?

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation to a group of diocesan priests at the Manoir de Beaujeu, near Montreal, on February 1, 2024.

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

00:31:39  |   Fri 23 Feb 2024
I Want to be an Apostle, Not a Mere Version of Myself

I Want to be an Apostle, Not a Mere Version of Myself

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation on February 9, 2024 at Kintore College in Toronto. Base on the gaze of Jesus on the crowds. Mark 8, 1-10: A great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to…

00:27:48  |   Sun 11 Feb 2024
Being Salt, and Being Light

Being Salt, and Being Light

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Lyncroft Centre in Toronto.

Matt 5, 13-16: “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world."

And he warned us of losing our tastiness, our …

00:29:32  |   Sun 04 Feb 2024
Distraction and Dissipation

Distraction and Dissipation

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation as the introduction to a retreat for priests of various dioceses at the Manoir de Beaujeu, near Montreal. It was preached on February 28, 2024.

Mark 1:21-28:…

00:24:10  |   Fri 02 Feb 2024
Facing the Storms in Our Life

Facing the Storms in Our Life

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation to High School boys at Ernescliff College in Toronto on January 27, 2024. It is a commentary of Gospel of Mark 4:35-41 about Jesus calming the storm from the…

00:28:12  |   Sat 27 Jan 2024
St. Francis de Sales and How to Transmit True Peace

St. Francis de Sales and How to Transmit True Peace

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation at Kintore College, Toronto on the Feast of Saint Francis de Sales, and the memorial of Our Lady of Peace, the advocation for the Prelatic Church of Opus Dei…

00:25:58  |   Thu 25 Jan 2024
Lord, I am a Leper

Lord, I am a Leper

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this Introduction to a retreat for High School Boys at Cedarcrest Conference Centre, north of Toronto, January 20, 2024.

Saint Fabian and St. Sebastian. Two early Christian …

00:25:59  |   Tue 23 Jan 2024
Christian Unity: Jesus Healed then and Now

Christian Unity: Jesus Healed then and Now


Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation at Kintore College in Toronto, on January 18, ant the start of the Octave of prayer for Christian unity.

Mark 3:7-12: Jesus withdrew with his disciples to t…

00:21:29  |   Fri 19 Jan 2024
Formation: Being Arable Land

Formation: Being Arable Land

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation to a group of priests in Toronto, on January 16, 2024.

Like brother Lawrence's experience in the 17th century, he saw a tree in the winter, and it was just b…

00:30:35  |   Wed 17 Jan 2024
Holy Innocents and Facing Drudgery

Holy Innocents and Facing Drudgery

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation on retreat at the Manoir de Beaujeu, west of Montreal, on December 28, 2023.

Today the Holy Innocents. The priest’s vestments are red, the color of martyrs, …

00:29:53  |   Thu 28 Dec 2023
Mary Sings the Magnificat

Mary Sings the Magnificat

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation to families at Kintore College in Toronto, on December 22, 2023.

But today we get the explosion of joy in her Magnificat: Hearing such praise from her cousin…

00:27:08  |   Sat 23 Dec 2023
Mary went with Haste

Mary went with Haste

Mary went with haste, and did not procrastinate.

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation on December 20, 2023 at Hawthorn School for Girls in Toronto.

Luke 1:39-56: Mary set out and went as quickly…

00:30:56  |   Thu 21 Dec 2023
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