The Selsey Podcast

Advent IV in the Tridentine Rite stands on the threshold of the Incarnation. The Church cries Rorate, coeli, confessing that sin delays grace and repentance hastens mercy. John the Baptist prepares the way by calling the world to conversion, while Mary receives the dew of heaven in silence and faith. Advent rejects sentiment and demands preparation: humility, fidelity, confession, and readiness for Emmanuel who comes to judge and t...

This homily presents the Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a lesson in holy waiting. Mary teaches faithful patience, receptivity, and obedience as God enters history quietly through her womb. Her expectant silence rebukes a modern culture of immediacy and control, and recalls both the Church and the faithful to a Marian posture: bearing Christ through fidelity, trust, and hope as they prepare their hearts for E...

Saint Eusebius stands as a witness to fidelity under trial, refusing compromise when truth was threatened from within the Church itself. His endurance in exile and suffering mirrors the Church’s call in every age to wait in hope while standing firm in doctrine. In Advent, his witness reminds us that Christian joy is born not of ease, but of confident expectation: the Lord draws near, and fidelity is never in vain. https://nuntiator...

Gaudete Sunday interrupts Advent’s sobriety with a command to rejoice, not from sentiment but from proximity: the Lord is near. The Church rejoices because salvation is already at work. St John the Baptist teaches joy through humility and self-effacement, while the Octave of the Immaculate Conception shows Christ already dwelling silently in Mary. True joy is born from repentance, ordered peace, and readiness to receive the coming ...

St Damasus I restored unity and identity to a divided Church, defending orthodoxy, commissioning St Jerome’s Vulgate, and recovering the memory of the martyrs. Amid riots, heresies, and imperial pressure, he multiplied the talents entrusted to him, preparing the Church as Advent bids us prepare for Christ. His life urges us to safeguard Scripture, doctrine, and tradition with Marian fidelity and courageous faith. https://nuntiatori...

St Bibiana, martyred under Julian the Apostate in 363, stands as a radiant witness of purity and courage amid persecution. Stripped of family, possessions, and security, she chose Christ as the treasure of great price. Resisting seduction, intimidation, and violence, she remained steadfast. Her life calls young Catholics today to fidelity in an apostate age: to resist cultural pressure, embrace holiness, and prize the Kingdom above...

St Andrew, the “First-Called,” left everything to follow Christ when he heard John proclaim, “Behold the Lamb of God.” He brought Peter to Jesus, became a foundation of the apostolic Church, preached across Greece, and died on the cross still proclaiming the Gospel. His feast calls us to Andrew’s virtues: clarity in truth, courage in witness, perseverance in suffering, and readiness to bring others to Christ with the simple invitat...

The Feria of the final Sunday after Pentecost calls us to watchfulness amid a Church and world shaken by confusion. Christ assures us that though wheat and cockle grow together until the harvest, His word does not pass away. In an age of modernist error and false prophets, we cling to the Tradition, deepen our roots, show mercy, and await the coming of the King, who thinks thoughts of peace and will gather His elect in glory. https...

This feast honours the image of Our Lady as Mediatrix of All Graces, revealed at the 1830 Paris apparition. Scripture shows her as the Woman of the Apocalypse and the Mother at Cana who intercedes and prepares hearts for Christ’s grace. The Miraculous Medal confirms her role through many miracles. We are called to imitate her—becoming vessels and instruments of grace so Christ may reach the world through us. https://nuntiatoria.org

St Catherine of Alexandria stands before the emperor Maximinus Daia during the fierce persecutions in early-4th-century Alexandria, boldly defending the faith and confounding his philosophers through purity, prayer, and learning. Her witness speaks powerfully to young Catholics today who face cultural pressure, ideological demands, and ecclesial confusion. Catherine shows how an integrated life of truth and holiness outlasts every ...

St John of the Cross (1542–1591), mystic and reformer, rose from poverty through suffering, imprisonment, and heroic fidelity to the Cross, shaping the Discalced Carmelites with St Teresa. His “Dark Night” was forged in Toledo’s darkness. Beside him stands St Chrysogonus (m. 304), Roman martyr whose steadfast witness endures in the Canon. Both teach that true holiness shines through sacrifice, truth, and love of Christ crucified. h...