The Selsey Podcast

NCF Brighton Lecture: Can you build a future on borrowed faith?

“Can You Build a Future on Borrowed Faith?”Lecture by Dr. Jerome Lloyd, Titular Archbishop of SelseyNew Culture Forum, Brighton — 10 February 2026In a provocative and evidence-rich address to the New Culture Forum, Dr. Jerome Lloyd explored a fundamental question facing Britain today: Can a society sustain its moral life on values it no longer believes in?Dr. Lloyd argued that over the past sixty years Britain has attempted to preserve the ethical language of dignity, compassion, and freedom — while abandoning the metaphysical and moral foundations from which those values once flowed. Drawing on historical symbols, demographic data, and institutional behaviour, he showed how this “moral borrowing” has now reached a breaking point.Key insights from the lecture included:Demographic decline as moral evidence: With fewer than half of adults married, a fertility rate well below replacement (≈1.4 children per woman), rising loneliness and mental-health challenges, and a reliance on migration for population growth, Britain is not reproducing itself socially or culturally.Institutions without conviction: Across policing, education, and public life, Dr. Lloyd identified a pattern of proceduralism without moral clarity — where harms are managed administratively and truth is treated as negotiable.Symbolism hollowed of substance: The coronation of King Charles III was used as a vivid example of religious form maintained while belief was neutralised — heritage without moral inheritance.Failures of safeguarding and compassion

Today’s homily: The Seven Holy Founders (2026)

The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order stand as a singular witness to conversion through renunciation. Noblemen of thirteenth-century Florence, they abandoned wealth and status to live in penance and contemplation under the guidance of the Blessed Virgin. United in devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows, they teach that true Christian fruitfulness is born not from accommodation to the world, but from fidelity at the foot of the Cross, where sorrow embraced in faith becomes the seed of resurrection. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/02/11/todays-mass-february-11-seven-holy-founders-of-the-servites/

Today’s homily: Sexagesima Sunday (2026)

Sexagesima Sunday deepens the Church’s pre-Lenten call to conversion by confronting the question not merely of hearing God’s Word, but of enduring it. Through the cry of Exsurge, quare obdormis, the sufferings of St Paul, and the Parable of the Sower, the liturgy exposes distraction, superficial faith, and divided hearts. Only patient perseverance, sustained by grace in weakness, allows the Word to bear lasting fruit. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/02/08/todays-mass-february-8-sexagesima-sunday/

Today’s homily: St Titus of Crete (2026)

St Titus, disciple of St Paul and Bishop of Crete, embodies the Church’s need for order, authority, and doctrinal fidelity amid moral disorder. His governance corrects modern fears of clarity and discipline. In commemoration, St Dorothy of Caesarea’s martyrdom proclaims the reality of heaven and the cost of faith. Together they teach that renewal comes not by novelty, but by ordered fidelity unto glory. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/02/06/todays-mass-february-6-st-titus-of-crete/

Today’s homily: St Agatha of Sicily

Preaching on the Feast of St Agatha, this homily recalls the witness of the virgin martyrs and applies Christ’s clear teaching on marriage, chastity, and salvation to a culture confused about love, lust, and holiness. It challenges false notions of unconditional salvation, calls Christians to courage and fellowship, and urges fidelity to the Gospel amid widespread compromise and apostasy. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/02/05/todays-mass-february-5-st-agatha-of-sicily/

Today’s homily: St Andrew Corsini (2026)

Born into Florentine nobility, St Andrew Corsini squandered his youth in entitlement and disorder. A prophetic warning from his mother led him to conversion, religious life, and episcopal service. Through discipline, humility, and fidelity to grace, the wolf became a lamb. His life teaches that holiness is forged by penance and by offering every talent—however humble—for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/02/04/todays-mass-february-4-st-andrew-corsini/

Today’s homily: St Blaise of Sebaste (2026)

A homily on St Blaise and St Laurence of Canterbury, showing how their witness speaks to a fractured modern world. Blaise heals and blesses even on the road to martyrdom; Laurence remains at his post when retreat seems wiser. Together they reveal that holiness is neither comfortable nor immediately effective, but faithful—healing a wounded age through obedience, endurance, and trust in God’s quiet work. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/02/03/todays-mass-february-3-s-blaise-of-sebaste/

Today’s homily: Septuagesima Sunday (2026)

Septuagesima places us at the threshold of Lent, calling us to realism, discipline, and hope. Saint Paul’s image of the race reminds us that grace must be cooperated with, not presumed upon. The Gospel proclaims God’s universal invitation, welcoming all as they are, yet demanding conversion. Salvation is freely given, but it transforms us, restoring God’s image in us as we labour toward the incorruptible crown of eternal life. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/02/01/todays-mass-february-1-septuagesima-sunday/

Today’s homily: St Peter Nolasco (2026)

This homily reflects on St Peter Nolasco, founder of the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, who devoted his life to ransoming Christian captives and bound his friars by a fourth vow to offer their own lives for others. Set against the Gospel of sacrificial charity, it challenges modern Christians to examine how deeply they truly love God and neighbour, and whether our limits on charity betray a diminished faith. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/31/todays-mass-january-31-st-peter-nolasco/

Today’s homily: St Martina of Rome (2026)

Saint Martina of Rome, a noble virgin martyred c. AD 228–230, stands as a witness against enforced conformity. Refusing public sacrifice to idols under Emperor Alexander Severus, she endured escalating tortures and death rather than submit conscience to state power. Her martyrdom exposes how authority coerces compliance and how Christian fidelity—public, costly, and unashamed—alone conquers false worship and preserves interior freedom in every age. https://nuntiatoria.org/2026/01/30/todays-mass-january-30-st-martina-of-rome-virgin-martyr/