The Selsey Podcast

Today’s homily: Feria III in the Ascension Octave (2025)

The Ascension is not Christ’s departure but His entry into the heavenly sanctuary, where He eternally offers Himself before the Father. From His throne, He intercedes for His Church and pours out grace upon us. The liturgy on earth participates in this divine action, making present His one eternal sacrifice. In these days of silence and expectation, we are called to deeper union with His priestly offering through reverent worship, hidden sacrifice, and hopeful longing for the Spirit.https://selsey.org/2025/05/30/nuntiatoria-lvii-ad-summum/

Today’s homily: Feria II in the Ascension Octave (2025)

Christ’s Ascension marks the beginning of His eternal priesthood in Heaven, where He offers His glorified wounds before the Father and intercedes for us. The martyrs Marcellinus, Peter, and Erasmus share in this priesthood through their sacrificial deaths, bearing witness to the Victim they loved. Every Mass unites earth to Heaven, and every faithful soul is called to join Christ’s oblation through prayer, penance, and fidelity—living liturgically until we reign with Him in glory.https://selsey.org/2025/05/30/nuntiatoria-lvii-ad-summum/

Today’s homily: Sunday in the Ascension Octave (2025)

The Sunday within the Ascension Octave calls us to prayerful waiting. Christ has ascended but promised the Paraclete—the Holy Ghost—who will teach, sanctify, and strengthen us to bear witness. Like the Apostles in the Upper Room, we must prepare our hearts. The Spirit makes us bold in truth, faithful in trial, and alive in grace. Let us watch, pray, and desire His coming with renewed fervour.https://selsey.org/2025/05/30/nuntiatoria-lvii-ad-summum/

Today’s homily: Friday in the Ascension Octave (2025)

Christ’s Ascension is not His absence, but the beginning of a hidden, glorified presence. The Apostles are told to wait—not act—until filled with the Holy Ghost. We too must learn to pray, trust, and prepare. Christ reigns now from Heaven, present in His Church, sacraments, and mission. This Ascensiontide is our time to seek Him in spirit, desire the Spirit’s fire, and live by faith as we await His return in glory.https://selsey.org/2025/05/23/nuntiatoria-lvi-lux-in-tenebris-lucet/

Today’s homily: The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ (2025)

On this fortieth day, Christ ascends in His glorified humanity to the right hand of the Father, not to abandon us but to reign and intercede. The Apostles are commissioned to preach to all nations, with signs confirming their mission. The Ascension is our hope: where the Head has gone, the Body shall follow. We are now called to lift our hearts to heaven, live as His witnesses on earth, and prepare in prayer for the coming of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost.https://selsey.org/2025/05/23/nuntiatoria-lvi-lux-in-tenebris-lucet/

Today’s homily: St Augustine of Canterbury (2025)

Today, May 28, we celebrate St Augustine of Canterbury, Apostle of the English, whose mission in 597 brought the Gospel to England. His feast this year coincides with Rogation Wednesday and the Vigil of the Ascension, uniting themes of prayer, penance, and apostolic mission. Sent by St Gregory the Great, Augustine preached with humility and courage. His legacy urges us to rekindle the Catholic faith in our own land.https://selsey.org/2025/05/23/nuntiatoria-lvi-lux-in-tenebris-lucet/

Today’s homily: St Bede the Venerable (2025)

St Bede the Venerable, monk of Jarrow and first English Doctor of the Church, shines as a model of holiness, learning, and fidelity. Though he never left his monastery, his writings shaped Christian Europe. His life fulfilled today’s readings: faithful preaching, humble labour, and light set on a candlestick. In this Rogationtide, let us imitate his love of truth and pray for a renewal of sound doctrine and monastic fervour in our time. St Bede, pray for us.https://selsey.org/2025/05/23/nuntiatoria-lvi-lux-in-tenebris-lucet/

Today’s homily: St Philip Neri (2025)

St. Philip Neri, the joyful Apostle of Rome, exemplified divine Wisdom and vigilant charity. Born to nobility, he renounced wealth for a life of prayer, founding the Oratory and drawing souls to Christ through humility and joy. Today, on Rogation Monday, we honour his burning love and readiness for the Lord, and we beg God’s mercy upon our land and hearts. With Philip, let us ask: “Brothers, when shall we begin to do good?” May our lamps be lit and our souls watchful.https://selsey.org/2025/05/23/nuntiatoria-lvi-lux-in-tenebris-lucet/

Today’s homily: Sunday V Post Pascha (2025)

On the Fifth Sunday after Easter, the Church exhorts us to be doers of the Word, not hearers only (James 1), living a faith marked by charity, purity, and integrity. Christ in the Gospel assures us of the Father’s love and invites confident prayer in His Name. As we enter Rogationtide and prepare for the Ascension, the examples of St. Gregory VII, St. Aldhelm, and St. Urban urge us to persevere in holiness, uphold truth, and walk in the joy and liberty of the Gospel.https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Archbishopofselseyhttps://selsey.org/2025/05/23/nuntiatoria-lvi-lux-in-tenebris-lucet/

Today’s homily Feria of Sunday IV Post Pascha (ii 2025)

Christ tells His disciples, “It is expedient for you that I go,” revealing the mystery of His departure to send the Holy Ghost. His visible absence prepares us for an interior union by grace. The Holy Spirit convicts, sanctifies, and transforms us—not merely to console, but to conform us to Christ. We must not resist His work but pursue holiness, repentance, and witness. Let our lives be the new song to the Lord—docile, fervent, and aflame with Pentecost grace.https://selsey.org/2025/05/16/nuntiatoria-lv-revertere-et-aedifica/