A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Lyncroft Centre in Toronto on March 1, 2025.

The ancient hymn that I have heard you sing so beautifully right here is the Anima Christi, the soul of Christ.

O bone Jesu, exaudi me. Intra tua vulnera absconde me. Ne permittas me separari a te.

O good Jesus, hear me. Within your wounds conceal me. Do not permit me to be parted from you.

The wounds of Christ, a sign of the intensity of His love for us. They would not heal if he had not risen. What do they mean for us today?

Music: Original music by Michael Lee of Toronto.

Thumbnail: Caravaggio, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas 1601, Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam.

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Lyncroft centre in Toronto on February 23, 2025.

Jesus said to his disciples, ‘I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. (Lk 6, 27)

They are jarring words, fighting words, discordant for our secularized society, but nevertheless, true and authentic divine words that seem to ask so much of us. They have been handed down to us over the centuries so that they be like the blueprint of our life.

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Cedarcrest Centre on February 14, 2025. This is a new audio, the last was the wrong file uploaded by mistake

Mother of Fair Love. Learning how to love with the help of Our Lady. It is not in the Litany. Mater Pulchrae Dilectionis, Mother of Fairest Love. Beautiful love.

Beauty is a wounding experience that moves us beyond our mundane lives, creating a longing for something greater. Beauty and truth are intrinsically linked. The absence of one can lead to the denial of the other, and both are essential to human flourishing.

Music: Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478, played on guitar by Bert Alink.

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Cedarcrest Centre on February 14, 2025.

Mother of Fair Love. Learning how to love with the help of Our Lady. It is not in the Litany. Mater Pulchrae Dilectionis, Mother of Fairest Love. Beautiful love.

Beauty is a wounding experience that moves us beyond our mundane lives, creating a longing for something greater. Beauty and truth are intrinsically linked. The absence of one can lead to the denial of the other, and both are essential to human flourishing.

Music: Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478, played on guitar by Bert Alink.

A meditation about heaven, preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai during a retreat at Cedarcrest Conference Centre in Belfountain, Ontario, on February 15, 2025.

Pope Benedict XVI emphasized that heaven is not an abstract concept or imaginary place, but the true reality of God's presence. He said heaven is not a departure from the world but a "new mode of presence to the world. Its not a physical location in the cosmos.

Music: 'Moonlight' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com

Thumbnail: The oculus of the Pantheon, Rome.

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai on December 31, 2024 at Shelbourne Conference centre in Valparaiso, IN.

The story of St. Gregory the Great (590 to 604) having a vision of Christ during his Mass. Christ is surrounded by all the instruments of the passion. It became a devotional piece to meditate on the cross, to look upon it, and dicern its layers of meaning in our life.

Music: Helios relaxing music Into The Woods

Thumbnail: Simon Marmion, The Mass of St. Gregory, 1460, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada.

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai to High School students in Beamsville, Ontario ,on February 2, 2025.

Today is the feast of the presentation. It is a feast of pour Lady, but really focused on Our Lord who is being presented by his parents in the temple. It was the law of Israel that each first born should be presented to the Lord, 40 days after his birth. They are complying with the Mosaic Law. It is his mission. He is presented, offered, given over, and his parents do so with faith, knowing his purpose more than anyone.

Music: Original track by Michael Lee, of Toronto.

Thumbnail, Peter Paul Rubens, Presentation in the Temple, sketch, 1632, Naala Nura, ground level, Grand Courts.

Matt 25 Tells about the stewards and their talents. Some five talents, others two. But the guy with one talent hid it, buried it, and gave it back.  Like he wanted a refund. He did t open the package. It was still wrapped in plastic. Still with the bubble wrap. 

What good is a talent that is buried in the ground? What will I do with it when I die?

Music: Original music by Michael Lee from Toronto

Thumbnail: Simone Barabino, The Death of Saint Joseph, Philbrook Museum of Art, 1620.

A meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Hawthorn School in Toronto, on January 23, 2025.

There is one line by St. Josemaria that might encapsulate a mystery, and a mission. A fundamental truth that is both very clear, yet very mysterious. Both exciting and scary. Something that applies to all of us and is clear as the day, but is interpreted as not really applying to us, but just to a few.

There is something holy, something divine, hidden in the most ordinary situations (Conversations, 114)

It is that something that is still mysterious, still not fully articulated, perhaps vague or tenuous that we still need to bring to life, and apply to ourselves today with hope.

This meditation was preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai on at Lyncroft centre in Toronto, January 19, 2025.

You may have heard that Pope Francis has published his autobiography, published by Penguin Canada, now that he is an old man, and his pontificate has lasted longer than anyone expected.

Here is what he tells his readers: “If one day you are overcome by fears and worries, think of that episode in the Gospel of John, at the marriage at Cana (John 2:1– 12), and say to yourselves: The best wine has yet to be served.”