The Selsey Podcast

Today’s homily: Pentecost Thursday Whitsuntide (2026)

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-mass-may-28-pentecost-thursday-whitsuntide/

Today’s homily: Pentecost Tuesday Whitsuntide (2026)

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 life. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/26/todays-mass-may-26-pentecost-tuesday-whitsuntide/

Today’s homily: Pentecost Monday Whitsuntide (2026)

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 wisdom, the faithful are called to surrender their hidden chains, reject compromise, and walk courageously in the light of divine truth. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/25/todays-mass-may-25-pentecost-monday-whitsuntide/

Today’s homily: Pentecost Sunday (2026)

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/

Today’s homily: St Bernardine of Sienna (2026)

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/

Today’s homily: St Dunstan of Canterbury (2026)

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 lifted toward Heaven. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/19/todays-mass-may-19-st-dunstan-of-canterbury/

Today’s homily: St Venantius of Camerino (2026)

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/

Today’s homily: St Paschal Baylon (2026)

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/

Today’s homily: Ascension Day (2026)

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, and the proper Communicantes, this homily presents the Ascension as the glorification of man in Christ, the beginning of the Church’s mission, and the summons to lift our hearts from earthly smallness to heavenly destiny. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/14/todays-mass-may-14-ascension-day/

Today’s homily: St. Robert Bellarmine (2026)

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, catechesis, and an unashamed love for the voice of the Church. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/05/13/todays-mass-may-13-st-robert-bellarmine/