In Your Presence

The introductory meditation at a retreat for priests on November 2, 2026, at Cedarcrest Conference Centre in Belfountain, Ontario, north of Toronto. Preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai.Luke 12, 31-21: from the words of the rich man in the Gospel: We too are here to build bigger barns.Dream of the barns that we are as priests, as ministers of God, and give thanks, but also of the bigger barns that the Lord needs now in his Church. Not more activity, more meetings. We have to see what that “more” is all about. We need a richer interior life. A deeper love for the Eucharist, a greater readiness to be other Christs. A deeper abandonment.Music: Audiio_MULVEY_Awakening_Awakening_InstrumentalThumbnail: Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), The Homecoming, painted 1945. Christies, Private Collection.

A meditation preached at Ellerton Centre, Toronto, on November 1, 2026, on the solemnity of All Saints.In Genesis 28 we read of the dream of Jacon in Bethel, where he sees a stairway of angels ascending and descending. Today, as we celebrate all saints, we have to behold that stairway to heaven. At its head stands Christ, beckoning us to follow. On the steps are his saints, inspiring us to take the steps that lead to Christ and happiness. Like the emblem on Superman's chest, it does not signify that we must be supermen, but men and women of hope.Music: Lifting Dreams - Aakash Gandhi Youtube free

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai on October 29, 2026 at Kintore College, Toronto.Luke 14:1-6: "Now on a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely."Even at table, we are called to be itinerant contemplatives, and apostles.Thumbnail: The End of Dinner, by Jules Alexandre Grün, Oil on canvas, 1911. © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing.

A meditation preached on October 22, 2026, at Cedarcrest Conference Centre, north of Toronto.A reflection on the vesting prayers of the priest, as a prelude to awakening in us the wonders and the hidden love of Jesus in the Mass. Music: Audiio_MULVEY_Awakening_Awakening_Instrumental

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai peached this meditation at a workshop on October 20, 2026, at Cedarcrest Conference in Belfountain, On.A few weeks ago the starting gun was fired for the 3-year preparation for the centennial. In his letter from October 2 2026, the Father used that phrase: "It is not a new beginning, but a new impulse toward fidelity.” Music: The light between us by Shaydow on Bend Sound.Thumbnail: