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.
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…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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:…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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, …
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…
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…