In Your Presence

By Eric Nicolai

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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.

Episode Date
I'm Ready for You Lord
Apr 21, 2024
Always Say Yes to the Lord
Apr 19, 2024
Explain it all to us Lord
Apr 18, 2024
Tell us Mary, What Did You See Along the Way?
Apr 02, 2024
The Possibility of Betrayal and Infidelity
Mar 30, 2024
Palm Sunday and the Passion: It's all Redemptive
Mar 24, 2024
Joseph Takes us By the Hand to Face Pain
Mar 22, 2024
Joseph Rose and Did as the Angel Bid him
Mar 19, 2024
Letting God Work
Mar 13, 2024
You Can't Face Temptations with ChatGPT
Mar 10, 2024
Like a Tree Planted by a Flowing River
Mar 05, 2024
The Chair of Peter
Feb 23, 2024
Who Will Remove the Stone in My Life?
Feb 23, 2024
I Want to be an Apostle, Not a Mere Version of Myself
Feb 11, 2024
Being Salt, and Being Light
Feb 04, 2024
Distraction and Dissipation
Feb 02, 2024
Facing the Storms in Our Life
Jan 27, 2024
St. Francis de Sales and How to Transmit True Peace
Jan 25, 2024
Lord, I am a Leper
Jan 23, 2024
Christian Unity: Jesus Healed then and Now
Jan 19, 2024
Formation: Being Arable Land
Jan 17, 2024
Holy Innocents and Facing Drudgery
Dec 28, 2023
Mary Sings the Magnificat
Dec 23, 2023
Mary went with Haste
Dec 21, 2023
Built on Rock (corrected version)
Dec 16, 2023
The Vocation to Opus Dei
Dec 09, 2023
I Will Make You Fishers of Men
Dec 01, 2023
Magnanimity Through Spirit of Service
Nov 26, 2023
Zacchaeus needed to Grow in Formation
Nov 23, 2023
The Blind Man: Discover the Layers of Meaning Present
Nov 20, 2023
Flanders Fields: Pray for the Dead
Nov 12, 2023
Dedication of St. John the Lateran: You are a Temple
Nov 10, 2023
Build the Tower of your Sanctity
Nov 08, 2023
Are Your Labouring in Vain?
Nov 02, 2023
The Treasure of Forgiveness
Oct 31, 2023
Charity Expressed as Understanding
Oct 20, 2023
St. Luke and Our Vocation
Oct 20, 2023
Enter The Great Banquet with the King
Oct 18, 2023
God Pours Grace into Your Soul
Oct 14, 2023
Building the Foundations of Thanksgiving
Oct 09, 2023
Divine Filiation: Going from Spreadsheet to Reality
Oct 08, 2023
Feast of the Archangels: They defend us, announce to us, and accompany us in our vocation.
Sep 29, 2023
What Have I done with my Talents?
Sep 28, 2023
Are You Listening to the Holy Spirit?
Sep 19, 2023
Like the Friends of the Paralytic
Sep 11, 2023
Keep Going Higher
Sep 08, 2023
What is the Tripod of Love?
Aug 30, 2023
What it Takes to be a Humble Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord
Aug 26, 2023
The Humour in Jesus Healing a Blind Man
Aug 21, 2023
Our Formation and the Parable of the Sower
Jul 20, 2023
I Have Not Come to Bring Peace, But the Sword
Jul 18, 2023
The Enemy that Sows Weeds in Us
Jul 12, 2023
True Meaning of Rest
Jul 02, 2023
Funeral Homily for Fr. Joe Escribano (1933-2023)
Jun 30, 2023
Saint Josemaria's Spiritual Paternity
Jun 28, 2023
The Story of the First Priests of Opus Dei
Jun 25, 2023
What Will this Child Turn Out to Be?
Jun 24, 2023
Marta Obregón: Hand me a Denarius
Jun 08, 2023
Why Do You Make The Sign of the Cross?
Jun 03, 2023
God is Tapping On Your Shoulder: an Examination of the Visitation
May 31, 2023
How Holy Spirit Will Translate God's Desires for You
May 28, 2023
The Power of the Most High will Overshadow You
May 23, 2023
Why Hide Behind a Cloud in the Ascension?
May 22, 2023
The Bonds holding us together in the Communion of Saints
May 16, 2023
Mother of God and Our Mother
May 10, 2023
Don't Let Your Heart Be Troubled
May 09, 2023
Do I Hear the Voice of the Good Shepherd?
May 04, 2023
Jesus Calls us to be Perfect. How?
Apr 28, 2023
Are You Afraid, and think that Jesus is a Ghost?
Apr 25, 2023
He Loved them to the End
Apr 13, 2023
Easter Sunday: Death, where is Your Sting?
Apr 09, 2023
Do This is Memory of Me: Do What?
Apr 07, 2023
It's Holy Week, Jesus Says: come, I need You
Apr 03, 2023
Forming a Good Conscience: Susanna and the Adulterous Woman
Mar 28, 2023
How to Imitate Mary's Yes
Mar 26, 2023
Our Apostolic Potential
Mar 25, 2023
Lord, I am Blind, Let me See
Mar 19, 2023
Have you ever mentioned the Mercy of God?
Mar 16, 2023
Having a Good Memory for all the Good in Life
Mar 09, 2023
Identification with Christ through Mortification: The Four Steps Program
Mar 06, 2023
Lazarus and the Smell of Death
Mar 03, 2023
How to Pray During Lent
Feb 28, 2023
Preparing for Ash Wednesday
Feb 21, 2023
Our Soft White Underbelly
Feb 07, 2023
Who Will Roll Away The Stone?
Feb 04, 2023
The Sower and the Danger of Lukewarmness
Feb 02, 2023
The Conversion of Saint Paul
Jan 26, 2023
Unity in the Church in a Time of Polarization
Jan 20, 2023
Facing Storms in Our Life
Jan 14, 2023
Here's what to do on a Silent Retreat
Jan 12, 2023
Lord, Let Me See Your Face in 2023
Jan 01, 2023
The School of Joy
Dec 31, 2022
Joseph's Dream and Our Discernment
Dec 23, 2022
The Genealogy of Jesus: Where Is He From?
Dec 19, 2022
Visitation: Mary’s Haste to Serve
Dec 16, 2022
Mary is Spotless, and All Beautiful
Dec 08, 2022
How to Prepare the Way for the Lord
Dec 04, 2022
St. Andrew : Do I Love the Cross God Sends Me?
Nov 30, 2022
Maranatha! Come Lord Jesus!
Nov 26, 2022
Bright and Cheerful Homes
Nov 22, 2022
A Crisis of Saints
Nov 14, 2022
What Exactly is the Purpose of our Freedom?
Nov 10, 2022
The Shrewd Steward
Nov 07, 2022
The Mass and the Sacrifice of the Altar
Nov 03, 2022
Be Like the Good Thief: It's All Saints
Nov 01, 2022
The Prelate is Truly Father in Opus Dei
Oct 27, 2022
I Love Pope John Paul II
Oct 26, 2022
Sanctity in Ordinary Life
Oct 24, 2022
Funeral Homily for Fr. Joe Soria in Vancouver
Oct 17, 2022
Worth More than a Hundred Sparrows
Oct 15, 2022
St. Gabriel the Archangel: he Stands at the Right Hand of the Altar
Oct 12, 2022
Canonization of St. Josemaria Escriva 20 Years Ago Today
Oct 06, 2022
The Good Samaritan and His Friend
Oct 05, 2022
Opus Dei was founded in October 2, 1928: What happened that Day?
Oct 04, 2022
Angels, Archangels, and Dominions
Sep 29, 2022
When We Are Overwhelmed by Life: Lazarus and the Rich Man
Sep 25, 2022
How Jesus Opens Horizons for the Samaritan Woman
Sep 24, 2022
Do You Really Desire Your Own Sanctity?
Sep 21, 2022
The Loaves and the Fish: Have Compassion on those in Need
Sep 17, 2022
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Sep 14, 2022
Do I Know Myself?
Sep 10, 2022
Regnare Christum Volumus: We Want Christ to Reign
Sep 08, 2022
How Can I Be Recollected in Prayer?
Sep 03, 2022
If You Had One Opportunity to Seize the Moment
Aug 31, 2022
The Spiritual Person or the Animal Person: which one are you?
Aug 30, 2022
Hypocrisy or Integrity?
Aug 29, 2022
Strive to enter by the Narrow Gate
Aug 21, 2022
How to Love God, Heart, Soul and Mind
Aug 20, 2022
Which One of the Prodigal Sons am I? The Younger or the Older?
Aug 18, 2022
The Beauty of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Aug 15, 2022
The Burning Fire of the Love of God
Aug 14, 2022
The Compassion of St. Edith Stein, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Aug 09, 2022
How are my Friendships Going?
Aug 05, 2022
How Can I Identify Myself with the Cross of Christ?
Jul 30, 2022
The Weeds in the Field of Your Soul
Jul 24, 2022
Do I Live Out the Will of God in My Life?
Jul 19, 2022
Our Vocation to Sanctity
Jul 17, 2022
The Charity of the Good Samaritan
Jul 16, 2022
Being Sincere in Spiritual Direction
Jul 07, 2022
The Urgency of Being Fully Formed
Jul 02, 2022
Can Jesus Really Forgive my Sins?
Jun 30, 2022
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
Jun 29, 2022
Feast of Saint Josemaria Escriva
Jun 26, 2022
Do I Love the Church Like St. Thomas More?
Jun 22, 2022
The Wonder of Corpus Christi
Jun 18, 2022
The Lamp of Your Body is Your Eye
Jun 17, 2022
The Charity of Friendship
Jun 15, 2022
Just One Look: On Holy Purity
Jun 11, 2022
You are Salt and You are Light
Jun 08, 2022
The Power of Pentecost Sunday
Jun 05, 2022
Prepare well for Corpus Christi
Jun 04, 2022
Our Real Ode to Joy
May 31, 2022
The Solemnity of the Ascension
May 28, 2022
How The Holy Spirit Energizes
May 28, 2022
The Holy Spirit Dwells in my Soul as in a Home
May 22, 2022
How do I live Temperance?
May 19, 2022
St. Matthias and True Humility
May 14, 2022
Blessed Alvaro del Portillo: The Charism of Normality
May 12, 2022
It's the Month of Mary. What are you doing?
May 07, 2022
Go and Sin No More: Prayer as Intimacy
May 06, 2022
Look, It is the Lord!
Apr 28, 2022
Easter Vigil: How to Acquire Supernatural Vision
Apr 17, 2022
The Silence of Holy Saturday: The Art of Prayer
Apr 16, 2022
How Truly Generous am I?
Apr 14, 2022
Soaking in the Passion Narrative
Apr 12, 2022
Am I Healed by the Cross?
Apr 06, 2022
Having loved his own... He loved them to the end
Apr 02, 2022
Can You Forget about Yourself?
Mar 30, 2022
Anniversary of the ordination of St. Josemaría Escrivá
Mar 28, 2022
The Communion of Saints
Mar 24, 2022
St. Joseph and his Creative Courage
Mar 19, 2022
What are the Temptations in my Life?
Mar 11, 2022
Go to Confession Now!
Mar 05, 2022
Purple Lent, a Time of Conversion
Mar 02, 2022
Am I Like the Rich Young Man?
Mar 01, 2022
The Hidden Treasure and the Pearl that is my Vocation
Feb 25, 2022
Women in Opus Dei February 14, 1930
Feb 14, 2022
Vocation for Mission
Feb 12, 2022
Do I live a Unity of Life?
Feb 03, 2022
Fortitude to Follow Jesus
Feb 01, 2022
Vocation and Charity: 4th Sunday of Ordinary time
Jan 30, 2022
The Best Wine in a Marriage
Jan 24, 2022
Am I an Egotist?
Jan 16, 2022
The Paralytic and his Friends
Jan 14, 2022
Prodigal Son and Divine Filiation
Jan 12, 2022
What Good Ongoing Formation Does in Our Life
Jan 11, 2022
The Baptism of the Lord 2022
Jan 09, 2022
Epiphany 2022
Jan 02, 2022
Why Did God Become Man? Feast of St. John
Dec 28, 2021
Holy Night, Silent Night 2021: The Origins
Dec 26, 2021
Mary's Magnificat: Hymn of Thanksgiving
Dec 24, 2021
4th Sunday of Advent: The Visitation.
Dec 19, 2021
The Genealogy of Christ: We're in his Family
Dec 18, 2021
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Eucharist
Dec 12, 2021
Novena Immaculate Conception: Day 3
Dec 04, 2021
Novena to the Immaculate Conception: Day 2
Dec 02, 2021
Novena to the Immaculate Conception: Day 1
Dec 01, 2021
Actively Participating in Holy Mass
Nov 26, 2021
My House Shall be a House of Prayer
Nov 20, 2021
True Freedom and True Commitment
Nov 18, 2021
Are you Ready to Lose Your Life?
Nov 13, 2021
The Spirit of the Liturgy
Nov 10, 2021
Are You on Fire for Souls?
Nov 07, 2021
Do I cast the Right Shadows? Solemnity of All Saints
Nov 04, 2021
The Tripod of Love
Oct 31, 2021
Being a Soul of Criteria, a Soul of Worth
Oct 28, 2021
When You Feel All Bent Over
Oct 26, 2021
Can I Really Learn to Pray the Our Father?
Oct 20, 2021
Do Not Seek the Food that Perishes
Oct 17, 2021
Time is Short. Ready for Death?
Oct 11, 2021
Canonization of St. Josemaria Escriva
Oct 06, 2021
Saint Francis of Assisi and Lady Poverty
Oct 04, 2021
Therese of Lisieux and Opus Dei
Oct 02, 2021
Three Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, 2021
Sep 29, 2021
My Steps to Jerusalem
Sep 28, 2021
Generous Correspondence to Grace
Sep 16, 2021
What are my Real Talents?
Sep 14, 2021
Do Not Judge
Sep 11, 2021
Lord, I am a Sinner
Sep 06, 2021
What is Inner Purity?
Aug 29, 2021
How to Educate the Will?
Aug 26, 2021
St. Bartholomew and Simplicity
Aug 24, 2021
Spiritual Direction
Aug 17, 2021
The Education of the Heart
Aug 16, 2021
Kolbe and Conscience
Aug 14, 2021
St. Lawrence and St. Edith Stein
Aug 10, 2021
Our Lady of Snows: Ask for Holy Purity
Aug 05, 2021
Mass is Root and Centre of Interior Life
Aug 01, 2021
Feast of St. Anne, being sons and daughters in the Son
Jul 26, 2021
St. Bridget of Sweden and the Wounds of Christ
Jul 23, 2021
Are We Being Persecuted?
Jul 10, 2021
Parables of the Mustard Seed: Let's have Hope
Jul 07, 2021
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
Jun 29, 2021
Feast of Saint Josemaria Escriva
Jun 26, 2021
Saint John the Baptist
Jun 24, 2021
The Storm at Sea
Jun 23, 2021
How do I develop Sound Criteria?
Jun 19, 2021
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Jun 12, 2021
Rest in the Sacred Heart
Jun 04, 2021
The Visitation: Learning How to Serve
Jun 01, 2021
The Blessed Trinity
May 29, 2021
The Freedom of the Children of God
May 24, 2021
The Virgin Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit
May 18, 2021
May 18: Blessed Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri
May 18, 2021
Feast of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo
May 12, 2021
Get Ready for the Holy Spirit: He's coming
May 08, 2021
Peace be with you
Apr 29, 2021
Fidelity: Never Give Up
Apr 26, 2021
First Communion of Saint Josemaria
Apr 23, 2021
Happy Birthday Pope Benedict Emeritus!
Apr 16, 2021
He loved them to the End: Do I know how to truly love?
Apr 09, 2021
Easter Sunday 2021
Apr 04, 2021
Holy Thursday 2021
Apr 02, 2021
Monday in Holy Week: Magnanimity
Mar 30, 2021
Palm Sunday March 2021
Mar 28, 2021
Becoming a Sign of Integrity
Mar 27, 2021
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Why the veiled cross?
Mar 22, 2021
Saint Joseph and Contradictions in Life
Mar 16, 2021
8 Years Since the Election of Pope Francis
Mar 14, 2021
Pope in Iraq: Abraham look at the Stars
Mar 07, 2021
Sanctity of St. Joseph in ordinary work
Mar 06, 2021
Transfiguration: a meditation for the Second Sunday of Lent
Feb 28, 2021
Prayer of Petition: Homily for Thursday in First Week Lent
Feb 25, 2021
St. Josephine Bakhita and how to Reframe
Feb 24, 2021
Blessed are the poor in spirit
Feb 23, 2021
Imagine the Mother of Fair Love
Feb 21, 2021
Blessed are those who mourn, they shall be comforted
Feb 17, 2021
Our Stewardship and Our Silence
Feb 09, 2021
The Magnetic Power of the Cross
Feb 06, 2021
Be Still, Be Silent
Jan 31, 2021
Is Jesus Asleep in my Prayer?
Jan 30, 2021
Hidden Life: Sanctifying our Daily Work
Jan 28, 2021
Election of the Prelate & Christian Unity
Jan 23, 2021
Speak Lord, your servant is listening (2nd Sunday of Ordinary time, year B)
Jan 17, 2021
The Paralytic of Capernaum: The Joy of Confession
Jan 16, 2021
To Be Fishers of Men: Apostolic drive
Jan 13, 2021
Birthday of Saint Josemaria Escriva (1902)
Jan 09, 2021
How to grow in true humility
Jan 07, 2021
Solemnity of the Epiphany 2021
Jan 03, 2021
Last Day of the Year: Mary Mother of God
Jan 01, 2021
Our Divine Vocation: Time to Fall in Love Again
Dec 28, 2020
Christmas Eve meditation 2020
Dec 25, 2020
Do I really know what it is to Serve? Meditation to families at Kintore College
Dec 24, 2020
How does the Holy Spirit Act in my Life?
Dec 22, 2020
Being Sowers of Peace and Joy
Dec 19, 2020
An Introduction to making a Silent Retreat
Dec 15, 2020
Our Lady of Guadalupe Squashed the Devil
Dec 12, 2020
The Real Heart of Advent
Dec 12, 2020
The Immaculate Conception: Mary points to the Saviour...
Dec 08, 2020
The Annunciation to Mary: The Real Meaning of Mary's Fiat.
Dec 07, 2020
Second Sunday of Advent: Prepare the way for the Lord
Dec 05, 2020
First Sunday of Advent: Stay Alert
Nov 29, 2020
Why did JP 2 Establish Opus Dei as a Personal Prelature?
Nov 28, 2020
The Miraculous Medal: the real story
Nov 27, 2020
What is the Grace of the Pandemic?
Nov 24, 2020
Can I be a Contemplative in this World?
Nov 17, 2020
The Parable of the Talents: Am I a Perfectionist?
Nov 15, 2020
God’s Providence in the Pandemic. Why does he allow this?
Nov 14, 2020
Its November: Are you Ready for Death?
Nov 11, 2020
Fr. Luis de Moya, RIP: Availability of heart. What is that?
Nov 10, 2020
Christ Reigns Through our Spirit of Service
Nov 07, 2020
What is the Spiritual Combat?
Nov 04, 2020
All Souls Day: Our Responsibility for those in Purgatory
Nov 03, 2020
Solemnity of All Saints
Oct 31, 2020
Do I Go Out of Obligation, or Out of Love?
Oct 30, 2020
Lord, Straighten me Up!
Oct 27, 2020
Lord, You are my Rock, my fortress...
Oct 25, 2020
The Commandment of Love: How to live up to it.
Oct 24, 2020
Pope John Paul II: Do Not Be Afraid!
Oct 22, 2020
Sanctity is Possible: St. Josemaria Pointed the Way
Oct 20, 2020
Do I Trust God's providence? St. Marguerite D'Youville Certainly did.
Oct 18, 2020
Simplicity, Humility and staying Cheerful
Oct 13, 2020
St. Gabriel Archangel, Master of dialogue and Listening
Oct 11, 2020
God's Will for Me: "Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it (Lk 11, 28)
Oct 10, 2020
Eucharistic Soul: What is that?
Oct 01, 2020
Divine filiation is like a Rich Treasure that we must access Daily
Oct 01, 2020
The Three Archangels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael
Sep 29, 2020
Gratitude is an Attitude
Sep 27, 2020
Our Lady of Ransom: Protector of Captives and of the Stressed
Sep 25, 2020
The Virus of Pride and Egotism. Combat them by Truly listening to others
Sep 24, 2020
The Interior Struggle. Are you at War?
Sep 22, 2020
How do I Correspond to Grace? There is Tons Available.
Sep 17, 2020
Forging Hope will bring about Optimism
Sep 14, 2020
September 11 Memorial: Never Hate Enemies
Sep 11, 2020
Happy Birthday, O Blessed Virgin Mary!
Sep 08, 2020
The Beauty of Living for Others
Sep 08, 2020
The Eucharist as Two Tables
Sep 01, 2020
Get Behind Me Satan!
Aug 31, 2020
Death of St. John the Baptist: Defender of the Truth
Aug 29, 2020
St. Augustine, the prayers of his mother St. Monica, and the power of Beauty.
Aug 29, 2020
Is it possible that I am actually a hypocrite?
Aug 25, 2020
Cheerfulness Always
Aug 24, 2020
The Queenship of Mary
Aug 22, 2020
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Aug 16, 2020
The Story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and Apostolic Celibacy
Aug 15, 2020
The School of St. Josemaria: Putting love in little things
Aug 13, 2020
The Enemies and Friends of our Apostolate
Jul 18, 2020
Responding with Faith to the Dark Reality of Evil in our world
Jul 18, 2020
I will send you like lambs among wolves (Matt 10, 16-23)
Jul 13, 2020
Celebrating Holy Mass with Reverence and Devotion (For priests)
Jul 13, 2020
Our Affectivity and the Task of Educating and Refining our Heart
Jul 10, 2020
Do I know my Heart?
Mar 22, 2020
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus
Mar 19, 2020
Growing on the Inside
Mar 18, 2020