The Selsey Podcast

Today’s homily: Holy Name of Mary (2025)

Today the Church exalts the Holy Name of Mary, first spoken by Gabriel and forever bound to Jesus. Her Name signifies her mission: to suffer with Christ, to guide souls, to belong wholly to God. The saints teach it is light, strength, and protection; the demons tremble at it. Instituted after Vienna’s deliverance, today’s feast bids us invoke Mary’s Name in every need, live under her mantle, and die with the Names of Jesus and Mary on our lips.https://nuntiatoria.org/

Today’s homily: Day IV in the Nativity Octave of the BVM (2025)

Mary, offered in the Temple as a child, lived as an oblate: weaving veils, preparing flour for the Bread of the Presence, praying daily at God’s gates. In purity she vowed virginity, later safeguarded by her betrothal to Joseph, “the just man.” The veil she wove foretold Christ’s flesh, the bread prefigured the Bread of Life. Her hidden consecration prepared the Incarnation—peace and witness for all who follow the Lamb. https://nuntiatoria.org/

Today’s homily: St Nicholas of Tolentino (2025)

St. Nicholas of Tolentino, child of prayer and friar of the Augustinians, lived with meekness, purity, and charity. Known for “St. Nicholas bread,” his devotion to the Holy Souls, and miracles of healing, he reflected today’s Gospel: a lamp shining with Christ’s light. Celebrated within Our Lady’s Nativity Octave, he shows us purity like her lily and charity like her intercession, urging us to live as lamps burning before God, flourishing in His courts forever. https://nuntiatoria.org/

Today’s homily: Day II in the Nativity Octave of the BVM (2025)

On the second day of the Octave of Our Lady’s Nativity, we rejoice in the miraculous birth of Mary, as told in the Protoevangelium of St. James: the fruit of Joachim and Anne’s prayer, the dawn of the Immaculate Conception, and God’s triumph over barrenness. With St. Gorgonius, martyr under Diocletian, we see how Mary’s cradle leads to the Cross. Purity and sacrifice unite: the Virgin’s fiat and the martyr’s blood both proclaim Christ the Light of the world. https://nuntiatoria.org/

Today’s homily: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (2025)

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of only three earthly birthdays the Church celebrates, for her birth was the dawn of salvation. Born in obscurity, yet chosen from eternity, she is the aurora before the Sun of Justice. Her humility and purity teach us to trust God’s hidden works. With St Hadrian, martyr also honoured today, we see that joy and sacrifice unite in Christ. Mary’s nativity is truly the beginning of our redemption. Haec est Via. https://nuntiatoria.org/

Today’s homily: Sunday XIII Post Pentecost (2025)

On the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, we hear of ten lepers healed, but only one—a Samaritan—returns to give thanks. Christ teaches us that cleansing is not enough: it is gratitude that opens the soul to salvation. Like the lepers, we cry for mercy; like the Samaritan, we must return to the feet of Jesus, glorifying God with thankful hearts. Healing is His gift, but salvation comes through faith alive in thanksgiving. This is the way. https://selsey.org/2025/09/05/nuntiatoria-lx-haec-est-via/

Today’s homily: St Lawrence Justinian (2025)

St. Lawrence Justinian, first Patriarch of Venice, transformed nobility of birth into holiness of soul. Humble, austere, and aflame with charity, he multiplied every gift entrusted to him, reforming clergy, serving the poor, and guiding souls by word and example. Like him, we must fortify the temple of our souls, use our talents for Christ, and walk faithfully on the narrow road until we hear: “Well done, good and faithful servant.”https://selsey.org/2025/08/29/nuntiatoria-lix-lex-fides/

Today’s homily: Feria of Sunday XII Post Pentecost (2025)

Christ’s parable, shocking to His hearers, shows the priest and Levite—the Law and the Prophets—passing by powerless to heal. The despised Samaritan, prefiguring Christ “despised and rejected” (Isa. 53:3), pours in oil and wine, bears the wounded, entrusts him to the inn of the Church, and promises to return. Thus the Gospel reveals the universality of the Messiah and commands us: “Go, and do likewise”—to love with His Spirit and bear one another’s burdens.https://selsey.org/2025/08/29/nuntiatoria-lix-lex-fides/

Today’s homily: The Good Samaritan Explained

[Feria IV of Sunday XII Post Pentecost]The parable of the Good Samaritan reveals Christ as the stranger who heals Adam’s wounds with the oil and wine of the Sacraments, carrying us to the inn of His Church. The Law could not save, but the Spirit quickens, giving us true charity that loves for God’s sake. To “go and do likewise” is to imitate Christ’s mercy, binding wounds, bearing burdens, and running without stumbling toward the promises of eternal life.https://selsey.org/2025/08/29/nuntiatoria-lix-lex-fides/

Today’s homily: St Stephen, King of Hungary (2025)

St. Stephen of Hungary (977–1038), model of the just king, ruled by God’s law, not ambition. Baptised and married into Christendom, he received his crown from Pope Sylvester II, established dioceses, crushed pagan revolt, and consecrated Hungary to Our Lady. A just ruler serves God first, governs for souls’ good, and multiplies grace. In an age barren of such leaders, every Christian must exercise justice in home, Church, and society, awaiting Christ the true King.https://selsey.org/2025/08/29/nuntiatoria-lix-lex-fides/