The Selsey Podcast

Today’s homily: Day III in the Octave of the Epiphany (2026)

When the star withdraws in Jerusalem, the Magi must walk by faith alone. God does not lead by signs forever; He matures faith through obedience. Scripture replaces spectacle, trust replaces reassurance. As the Fathers teach, truth not obeyed becomes judgment. Consolation follows fidelity, not before it. Epiphany forms an adult faith that walks on in darkness until Christ is found. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/08/todays-mass-january-8-day-iii-in-the-octave-of-the-epiphany/

Today’s homily: Day II in the Octave of the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ (2026)

The second day of the Epiphany Octave reveals not Christ alone, but hearts. The Magi rejoice and move; Jerusalem is troubled and remains still. Knowledge without conversion hardens into paralysis. Proximity to truth is not fidelity to it. Epiphany judges familiarity without fervour and calls the faithful not merely to know Christ, but to rise, go, and adore. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/07/todays-mass-january-7-day-ii-in-the-octave-of-the-epiphany/

Today’s homily: The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ (2026)

Epiphany proclaims Christ revealed as King to all nations. The Magi teach us to seek, follow, adore, and be changed. In an age rich in knowledge but poor in obedience, the feast judges complacency and calls for prayer, public fidelity, reverent worship, conversion of life, and visible charity. To meet Christ is to go home by another way. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/06/todays-mass-january-6-feast-of-the-epiphany-of-our-lord/

Today’s homily: Octave Day of St Thomas of Canterbury

After the Octave of the Holy Innocents, the Church sets St Thomas Becket before us to show the antidote to evil enabled by silence. Clarendon was not persecution but administrative control, asking bishops to sign away conscience. Becket refused. Like Thomas More after him, he teaches that evil reigns when good men remain silent. Christmas ends not in sentiment, but in decision: Christ reigns, and neutrality is an illusion. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/05/todays-mass-january-5-octave-day-of-st-thomas-a-becket/

Today’s homily: Octave Day of the Holy Innocents (2026)

On the Octave Day the Church lays aside mourning and proclaims victory. Clothed in red, she reveals the Holy Innocents as true martyrs who reign with the Lamb. Though they did not choose, they died for Christ and stand as His first-fruits. Their triumph judges every age that sacrifices children to power or ideology and summons the faithful to defend life, truth, and innocence with courage and fidelity. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/04/todays-mass-january-4-octave-day-of-the-feast-of-the-holy-innocents/

Today’s homily: Octave Day of St Stephen, Protomartyr (2026)

On the Octave of St Stephen, the Gospel reveals why the first martyr died: Christ foretold that prophets would be rejected and slain. Stephen stands in this prophetic line, confessing the truth without compromise and forgiving without reserve. His death fulfils Christ’s warning and Christ’s mercy—truth spoken to power, charity offered to persecutors, and witness sealed in blood. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/02/todays-mass-january-2-octave-day-of-st-stephen-deacon-protomartyr/

Today’s homily: The Circumcision of Our Lord Jesus Christ (2026)

The Church begins the New Year not with resolutions but with the Circumcision of Christ, His first shedding of Blood in obedience to the Law. This feast reveals the unity of Old and New Covenants and shows that salvation is rooted in history, sacrifice, and obedience. Marked by Baptism, Christians enter the year not by self-invention, but by conformity to Christ and the Cross already begun. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/01/todays-mass-january-1-the-circumcision-of-our-lord/

Today’s homily: St Sylvester of Rome (2025)

On the feast of Pope St Sylvester, the Church reflects on fidelity at a turning point of history. Guardian of Christ’s divinity at Nicaea, Sylvester teaches that the Church renews the world by truth, not accommodation. As the civil year ends, the faithful are called to watchfulness, examination, and conversion—closing the year not in distraction, but kneeling before Christ the eternal High Priest, ready to give account and to begin anew in fidelity. https://nuntiatoria.org/2025/12/31/todays-mass-of-the-sunday-within-the-octave-of-the-nativity-of-our-lord-2/

Today’s homily: Of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas

The Church halts the world’s haste and commands us to remain at the crib, for the Incarnation cannot be grasped in passing. In the silence of Bethlehem, God reveals how He saves: not by power or noise, but by humility, patience, and obedience. Christ’s birth already bears the Cross and divides hearts. For today’s faithful, the crib rebukes activism, compromise, and restlessness, calling the Church back to contemplation, fidelity, and quiet conversion of life. https://nuntiatoria.org

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

Within the joy of the Christmas Octave, the Church sets before us St Thomas a Becket, bishop and martyr. Formed in courts and power, he refused to surrender the rights of Christ’s Church to royal custom. As the Good Shepherd of the Gospel, he did not flee the wolf but laid down his life before the altar. Bethlehem and Canterbury are one mystery: the Child is born to raise witnesses whose fidelity is sealed in blood. https://nuntiatoria.org/2025/12/29/todays-mass-december-29th-st-thomas-a-becket-archbishop-of-canterbury-and-martyr/