Preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai in Lyncroft centre, Toronto, 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (year B).

Based on Mark 7, 1-8, 14-15, 21-23: the teaching on ritual purity. How do I realize inner purity of heart, and rectitude?

Music: Topaz, guitar arrangement by Bert Alink

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Preached by Fr. Juan Lopez Agúndez in Bowmont centre in Calgary, Alberta. 

John the Baptist said of Jesus: “Behold the Lamb of God” (Jn 1, 35) He came to understand that he wanted to follow Jesus out of love. The desire is the engine of the will. When we desire, then our will moves us to our goals. The desire makes it easier to reach our goals.

Mozart, Adagio in C Major K. 356 Arranged for guitar by Bert Alink

Thumbnail: Jacopo del Casentino, St. John the Baptist, c. 1330, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Bartholomew, or also known as Nathanael, was described as a man in who there is no duplicity, no guile. Let us ask for simplicity and humility, and never rely merely on appearance or facade. He appears in Michelangelo's famous Sistine chapel from 1534. This great apostle will pray for us today.

Music: Mozart Opera Rinaldo. "Lascia ch'io pianga", played by Bert Alink.

Feast of St. Bartholomew, preached in Ernescliff Centre on August 24, 2021, by Fr. Eric Nicolai

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Mark 1, 29-39: All the demons he expelled, all the sickness….Demons possess a supernatural type of knowledge and therefore they recognize Jesus as the Messiah (Mk 1:24). Through the people they possess demons are able to publish this fact. But our Lord, using his divine powers, orders them to be silent. Some Fathers of the Church point out that Jesus does not want to accept, in support of the truth, the testimony of him who is the father of lies.

Spiritual direction can help us come closer to the truth about ourselves, and avoid lies.

Fr. Eric Nicolai preached to priests of the archdiocese of Toronto, at St. Aidan's parish on August 17, 2021.

Music: Handel, Rinaldo Opera, Aria Lascia ch'io Pianga, arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.

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A Meditation by Fr. John Lopez Agundez from Calgary on how to educate our heart, and channel our passions for the true, the good and the beautiful. God promises the prophet Ezekiel that he will give him a heart of flesh (Ezek 11, 14-20), one that will replace his heart of stone. Let us meditate on what God asks of our own heart.

Thumbnail: Prophet Ezekiel, by Michelangelo, Sistine chapel, Rome.

Music: Handel, Opera Rinaldo, Aria Lascia ch'io Pianga, arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.

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From Ernescliff College in Toronto, Fr. Eric Nicolai prepares for the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15, and the memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe on August 14. The evil that took place in Auschwitz is difficult for us to understand. How can one stand by and allow this to happen? Here we see the pressing need for the formation of conscience.

Music J.S. Bach, BACH Cello Suite no. 1 - Prelude in G, BWV 1007

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Lawrence was a martyr in the 3rd century, Edith was a martyr in the 20th century. Both lived lives that became a sign of Christ's cross. How can my life too be a holocaust?

Music:  Handel Opera, Rinaldo, Aria "Lascia che io pianga", arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.  

Today is the the anniversary of the dedication of the basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, first dedicated by Pope Sixtus III in 435 on the occasion of the definition of the council of Ephesus on Mary, the Mother of God. It holds special treasures, like the earliest mosaics of th Christian Era, and one of the earliest icons of our Lady, attributed to St. Luke, evangelist. Fr. Eric Nicolai tells the legend of the name, Our Lady of the Snows, and how this can be an invitation for us to live better our dedication to chastity and holy purity, in our state in life. Preached at the Manoir de Beaujeu, Aug 5, 2021.

Music: Handel’s Rinaldo opera, aria, “Lascia ch’io pianga”, arranged for guitar by Bert Alink. https://musopen.org 

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On the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, July 31, 2021, Fr. Eric Nicolai preaches from the Manoir de Beaujeu about how Ignatius read about the exploits of great saints, and this led to his conversion. Many were in love with the Eucharist. We can too can make the Holy Mass the root and centre of our interior life.

Music: Adrian Berenguer, Fall (Album Singularity, 2017)

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Thumbnail is Blessed Alvaro del Portillo celebrating his last Mass in the cenacle in Jerusalem, March 22, 1994

July 26th is the feast of St. Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin. Anne is the Patroness of the Province of Quebec, and big celebrations take place today at St. Anne de Beaupré. Especially because of her relics there. Fr. Eric Nicolai outlines the origin of the devotion to Anne, and how we can become sons and daughters God, modelled on the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Preached July 26, 2021 at the Manoir de Beaujeu.

Music: Adrian Berenguer, Fall (Album Singularity, 2017)

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Thumbnail: St. Anne de Beaupré