The Selsey Podcast
Spiritual reflections and conferences, sermons, homilies, and commentary by the Titular Archbishop of Selsey
Episodes
On Pentecost Thursday, the Church contemplates the Gift of Knowledge as the power to judge reality rightly and act upon it. Through the mission of St Augustine of Canterbury, who hesitated, turned back, and then obeyed, this homily shows how clarity must lead to action—revealing that the conversion of a nation began not in certainty, but in a decision to follow what had already been seen. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/28/todays-m...
On Pentecost Tuesday, the Church turns to the Gift of Understanding, by which the soul penetrates divine truth and learns to recognise the voice of Christ. In a world saturated with competing voices and spiritual confusion, this homily confronts the danger of false shepherds and forgotten truth, urging the faithful to seek the Holy Ghost’s illumination, hear the one true Voice, and enter through Christ the only Door to abundant lif...
On Pentecost Monday, Holy Mother Church prolongs the mystery of the Holy Ghost, inviting the faithful not merely to remember Pentecost but to be transformed by it. Drawing upon the Gift of Wisdom, the Station at St Peter in Chains, and Christ’s solemn warning that “men loved darkness rather than light,” this homily explores the Spirit’s work of illumination, purification, and liberation. In an age rich in knowledge but poor in wisd...
Pentecost is not merely remembered but lived. The descent of the Holy Ghost transforms the Apostles and calls every Christian to interior renewal. This homily explores divine indwelling, the necessity of surrender to grace, and the danger of resisting the Spirit—reminding us that true holiness comes only when the soul is set ablaze by God. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/24/todays-mass-may-24-pentecost-sunday-whitsun/
In the light of the Ascension, St Bernardine of Siena reveals the Holy Name of Jesus as both a call to total renunciation and the promise of eternal reward. This homily summons the faithful to leave all for Christ’s Name, to live under His Kingship, and so to receive the hundredfold and life everlasting. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/20/todays-mass-may-20-st-bernardine-of-siena/
On the feast of St Dunstan of Canterbury, amid the Octave of the Ascension, we reflect upon a saint who helped restore Christian England through prayer, reform, and fearless witness before kings. Joined by the examples of St Peter Celestine’s humility and St Pudentiana’s youthful fidelity, this homily explores how true renewal begins not in politics but in holiness, calling Christians to vigilance, courage, and hearts already lifte...
A homily on the heroic witness of St Venantius of Camerino, the fifteen-year-old martyr who endured terrible tortures rather than deny Christ. Set within the Octave of the Ascension, it explores courage, fidelity, martyrdom, and Christ the True Vine, calling Christians to steadfast witness in adversity. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/18/todays-mass-may-18-st-venantius-of-camerino/
In the stillness between Ascension and Pentecost, St Paschal Baylon reveals the secret of sanctity: faith in Christ’s hidden Eucharistic presence. As the Church cries Exaudi Domine, the faithful are called to vigilance, adoration, and readiness—lest the Spirit come and find hearts unprepared to receive His grace. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/17/todays-mass-may-17-st-paschal-baylon/
On Ascension Day, the Church stands with the Apostles and Our Lady upon Olivet as Christ, the Crucified and Risen Lord, is taken into Heaven. The feast is not a farewell but a coronation: the Sacred Humanity of Christ, bearing our frail human nature, is enthroned at the right hand of the Father. Rooted in the Tridentine propers of the Missa “Viri Galilaei”, the Roman station at St Peter’s, the extinguishing of the Paschal Candle, a...
On the feast of St Robert Bellarmine, Holy Mother Church honours not merely a great scholar, but a saint who spoke with wisdom, courage, and fidelity in an age of doctrinal confusion and ecclesial crisis. Rooted in the liturgy of Missa “In médio”, this homily presents Bellarmine as a model of truth joined to holiness, obedience without servility, and reform without rupture, calling Catholics today to recover clarity, courage, catec...
On the feast of SS. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras, this homily explores the hidden strength of early Christianity beneath imperial Rome. Through martyrdom, exile, and youthful courage, these saints reveal that Christ conquers not through worldly power, but through steadfast fidelity unto death. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/12/todays-mass-may-12-ss-nereus-achilleus-domitilla-pancras/
On Rogation Monday, the Church walks the land and teaches a forgotten truth: man does not sustain the world — he receives it. Through the Litany, the Missa Exaudivit, and Christ’s command to ask, seek, and knock, we are called to recover prayer as necessity, not ornament, and dependence as reality. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/11/todays-mass-may-11-rogation-monday/
On the Feast of St Antoninus of Florence, commemorated with the Fifth Sunday after Easter, Holy Church presents a bishop who multiplied every grace entrusted to him amidst Renaissance splendour and moral confusion. Rooted in Missa Statuit ei Dominus, this homily explores peace, stewardship, prayer, fidelity, and perseverance between Easter and Pentecost. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/10/todays-mass-may-10-st-antoninus-of-florence...
On the Feast of the Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel at Monte Gargano, this homily immerses the faithful in the dramatic supernatural events through which Heaven visibly claimed the mountain for God. Against the rugged backdrop of fifth-century southern Italy, the mysterious stillness of the wandering bull, the arrow that reversed in mid-flight, and the revelation of the cavern already prepared as a sanctuary become signs ...
In eleventh-century Poland, Stanislaus of Kraków stands as a bishop who chose fidelity over fear, rebuking the grave public sins of Bolesław II the Bold and ultimately being slain at the altar on April 11, 1079. Rooted in the Gospel of the Vine (John 15), his martyrdom reveals that true fruitfulness comes from abiding in Christ—even unto death. Vindicated in glory, he contrasts with the king who, though cut off by sin, is later res...
The miraculous preservation of John the Apostle reveals the true meaning of discipleship: not escape from suffering, but fidelity within it. From youthful zeal to lifelong endurance, his witness exposes the illusion of Christianity without the Cross and calls the faithful to drink Christ’s chalice in every age. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/06/todays-homily-st-john-before-the-latin-gate/
On the feast of Pope St Pius V, the liturgy confronts us with the true standard of priestly and episcopal fidelity: not innovation, but justice; not popularity, but truth. Drawing from his reform of the sacred liturgy, his defence of Christendom culminating in the Battle of Lepanto, and his uncompromising sanctity, this homily applies his witness to the contemporary crisis in the Church and to the solemn responsibility borne by eve...
Saint Monica is the exemplar of persevering prayer amid suffering. Through her tears, God brought about the conversion of Saint Augustine of Hippo, revealing the mysterious power of maternal intercession. In an age of impatience and compromise, her witness calls the faithful to steadfast fidelity, trusting that Christ still restores the spiritually dead to life. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/04/todays-mass-may-04-st-monica-of-tag...
On the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, the Church proclaims not a relic discovered, but a truth unveiled: the Cross as the necessary instrument of salvation and judgment. Through the witness of St Helena and the liturgy of Paschaltide, the faithful are called to rediscover, embrace, and live the Cross in an age that seeks to obscure it. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/03/todays-mass-may-03-the-finding-of-the-holy-cross/
On the feast of SS Philip and James (Missa “Clamaverunt ad te”), the Church confronts the tragedy of knowing Christ yet failing to see Him. From Hierapolis to Jerusalem, the Apostles pass from confusion to martyrdom. Their witness exposes modern complacency and summons the faithful to true vision, fidelity, and sacrificial discipleship. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/01/todays-mass-may-01-ss-philip-and-james-apostles/
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