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In Your Presence

by Eric Nicolai

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  • Keeping Track of the Health of our Vocation

    October 8, 2026 · 30 min

    A meditation preached on October 4, 2026, by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Ellerton Center in Toronto. As we begin these years of preparation for the centennial, we know that we have to continue to grow and mature in this initial yes that we gave to…

  • Anniversary of the Canonization of St. Josemaria

    October 6, 2026 · 26 min

    This meditation was preached at Ernescliff College, Toronto, on October 6, 2026. In 2002, Pope John Paul II pronounced this phrase in St. Peter's Square in front of thousands of faithful: "We declare and define Blessed Josemaría Escrivá de…

  • Founding of Opus Dei: I am sending an angel before you

    October 2, 2026 · 29 min

    A meditation preached at Ernescliff College, Toronto, on October 2, 2026. Today is the memorial of the guardian angels. Exodus 23: "The Lord says this: ‘I myself will send an angel before you to guard you as you go and to bring you to the…

  • Zacchaeus, I want to come to your house today: Living the virtue of detachment

    September 24, 2026 · 29 min

    Our Lord loves the poor: “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.” (Matt 11…

  • Our Critical Spirit

    September 16, 2026 · 29 min

    A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Kintore College, Toronto, on September 16, 2026. The Gospel tells us about the different reactions of the people to John the Baptist and to Jesus. He comments on the lack of coherence present…

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  • Our Lady of Sorrows

    September 15, 2026 · 25 min

    A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai to priests at Saint Augustine Seminary in Toronto on September 15, 2026. Today's feast of Our Lady of Sorrows has an ancient and layered liturgical background. It is said to have started with the…

  • The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

    September 14, 2026 · 30 min

    A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Ellerton Centre in Toronto on September 14, 2026, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Yesterday we decorated with flowers the simple black cross in our oratories so that we could see…

  • Holy Name of Mary: She Believes in You

    September 14, 2026 · 26 min

    A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai to High School boys at Ernescliff College, Toronto, on September 12, 2026. Last week we celebrated the birth of Mary, the dawn of our salvation. She is the stella matutina, the morning star. It is…

  • The Birth of Mary: The Dawn of Salvation

    September 8, 2026 · 26 min

    A meditation preached at Ernescliff College in Toronto on September 8th, 2026, by Fr. Eric Nicolai. Today is the birthday of Mary, she is described as the “dawn of our salvation”. The arrival of a new person into the world is always a sign…

  • Jesus Withdrew into the Wilderness and Prayed

    September 6, 2026 · 29 min

    This meditation was preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai on September 5th, 2026, at Ellerton Centre in Toronto. ‘He withdrew to the wilderness and prayed’ (Lk 5:16) What did it look like to see the Lord withdraw into the wilderness? It was…

  • Frame the New Academic Year with Hope

    September 2, 2026 · 28 min

    Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation on September 1, 2026, at the start of the new Academic year at Hawthorn School for Girls in Toronto. Picture Jesus now coming forward: “And there was handed to him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah…

  • Jeremiah's Lament: My Heart Burns Within Me

    August 30, 2026 · 31 min

    Fr. Eric Nicolai preached this meditation at Ellerton Centre in Toronto on the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, August 30, 2026. Jeremiah is in utter anguish. He feels that he has failed. He’s in doubt. Maybe he has no vocation after all…

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About the show

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.