The Selsey Podcast

Today’s Homily: From Golden Calf to Living Temple: A Lenten Call to True Worship

On this Fourth Tuesday of Lent, we see Israel's idolatry and God’s mercy through Moses’ intercession, prefiguring Christ the true Mediator who absorbs divine wrath in His own flesh. In the Gospel, Christ is rejected despite His open teaching, just as modern man resists the Incarnate Word. Lent calls us to repent of idolatry, return to true worship, and follow Christ with the zeal of St. Lawrence, offering ourselves in love and fidelity to the covenant fulfilled in Him.Latest Old Roman news https://www.selsey.org/nuntiatoria/OLD ROMAN TV Daily Schedule Lent 20250600 Angelus0605 Morning Prayers0800 Daily Mass1200 Angelus1205 Bishop Challoner's Daily Meditation1700 Latin Rosary (live, 15 decades)1800 Angelus2100 Evening Prayers & ExamenOld Roman Forum https://oldroman.live

Nuntiatoria: Cardinal George Pell and the Arizona Miracle: A Sign of Sainthood?

After a near-fatal drowning in which he was submerged and without a pulse for 52 minutes, 18-month-old Vincent Robinson of Phoenix, Arizona made a full recovery—defying all medical expectations. In the midst of the crisis, his parents, who had met Cardinal George Pell in 2021 and held him in deep regard, prayed urgently for his intercession. Astonishingly, Vincent was discharged from the hospital with no neurological or organ damage, prompting doctors to describe his recovery as miraculous. The event has since sparked discussion about Cardinal Pell’s possible path to canonization, as authenticated miracles are required in the Catholic Church’s process of declaring someone a saint. Nevertheless, formal proceedings typically begin no sooner than five years after the individual’s death.https://www.selsey.org/nuntiatoria/💰To support this apostolate:https://www.patreon.com/OldRomanTVTo support the clergy: https://gofund.me/63af7b8dhttps://www.paypal.me/ArchbishopOfSelsey

Nuntiatoria: When the State Breaks Down the Door

In this episode, Archbishop Jerome of Selsey reflects on the recent police raid of the Westminster Quaker Meeting House, where six women were arrested for peaceful discussion. He explores the deeper meaning of this act as both an attack on conscience and a violation of Christian sacred space—warning of the growing trend to criminalise quiet Christian witness while more dangerous ideologies are left untouched. A call to remembrance, resistance, and readiness in an age that fears truth more than disorder.

Today’s Homily: Monday Lent IV (2025)

On the Fourth Monday of Lent, the readings and the station at Santi Quattuor Coronati call us to justice, truth, and purification. Solomon’s wise judgment reveals the true mother by her self-giving love, just as Christ reveals true worship by cleansing the Temple. Both acts uncover the heart’s reality. Lent invites us to the same: to be purified, to love sacrificially, and to let Christ cleanse our souls, that we may become true temples of His Spirit.Latest Old Roman news https://www.selsey.org/nuntiatoria/OLD ROMAN TV Daily Schedule Lent 20250600 Angelus0605 Morning Prayers0800 Daily Mass1200 Angelus1205 Bishop Challoner's Daily Meditation1700 Latin Rosary (live, 15 decades)1800 Angelus2100 Evening Prayers & ExamenOld Roman Forum https://oldroman.live

Today’s Homily: Laetare Sunday 2025

Laetare Sunday offers joy amid Lent’s penance, reminding us we are children of the free woman, the Church, our mother. At the stational church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, we recall the Cross as the source of true joy. The Gospel of the loaves shows Christ feeds us in the wilderness. Laetare is not a pause but a promise: Easter is near. Rejoice—not because suffering is absent, but because Christ is present and His victory is sure.Latest Old Roman news https://www.selsey.org/nuntiatoria/OLD ROMAN TV Daily Schedule Lent 20250600 Angelus0605 Morning Prayers0800 Daily Mass1200 Angelus1205 Bishop Challoner's Daily Meditation1700 Latin Rosary (live, 15 decades)1800 Angelus2100 Evening Prayers & ExamenOld Roman Forum https://oldroman.live

A Conference for the Fourth Week of Lent

Rejoice, O Jerusalem: The Maternal Mystery of Laetare SundayBy ✠Jerome OSJVLaetare Sunday, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, is a liturgical oasis amid the desert of penance—a moment of maternal joy, ecclesial identity, and spiritual refreshment. Through its fivefold titles—Laetare, Rose, Refreshment, Mothering, and the Fourth Sunday—Holy Mother Church reminds us that we are children of the heavenly Jerusalem, born of her womb in baptism and sustained by her sacraments. The rose vestments echo the beauty of Mary, the Mystical Rose and archetype of the Church, while the traditions of Mothering Sunday recall our rootedness in the Church’s maternal care and sacred geography. This day, far from a softening of Lent, is a call to press on with renewed strength, joy, and clarity toward Passiontide and Pascha. It is the Church’s gentle but firm invitation to remember who we are—and where, and to Whom, we are going.Conference notes available at https://selsey.org/2025/03/23/a-conference-for-the-third-week-of-lent/

Today’s Homily: Saturday Lent III (2025)

This homily reflects on the parallel stories of Susanna and the adulterous woman to reveal God's justice and mercy. Susanna, falsely accused, remains steadfast in purity and is vindicated by divine intervention through Daniel, a type of Christ. The adulteress, caught in real sin, receives mercy from Christ, who calls her to repentance. Together, these women represent the Church: assaulted, yet sustained by grace. Lent invites us to purity, true judgment, repentance, and hope in God’s saving power.Latest Old Roman news https://www.selsey.org/nuntiatoria/OLD ROMAN TV Daily Schedule Lent 20250600 Angelus0605 Morning Prayers0800 Daily Mass1200 Angelus1205 Bishop Challoner's Daily Meditation1700 Latin Rosary (live, 15 decades)1800 Angelus2100 Evening Prayers & ExamenOld Roman Forum https://oldroman.live

Today’s Homily: Friday Lent III (2025)

Today, at St Laurence in Lucina, we reflect upon Israel's thirst at Meriba, Christ offering living water to the Samaritan woman, and St Laurence's martyrdom. We also commemorate St John Capistrano (1386–1456), whose unjust imprisonment led to his conversion, inspiring courageous preaching, fierce orthodoxy, and heroic defense of Christian Europe.Latest Old Roman news https://www.selsey.org/nuntiatoria/OLD ROMAN TV Daily Schedule Lent 20250600 Angelus0605 Morning Prayers0800 Daily Mass1200 Angelus1205 Bishop Challoner's Daily Meditation1700 Latin Rosary (live, 15 decades)1800 Angelus2100 Evening Prayers & ExamenOld Roman Forum https://oldroman.live

Homily: St John Damascene (2025)

On the feast of St. John Damascene, the Church honors a great defender of the Incarnation who upheld the veneration of sacred images amid persecution. His witness, rooted in love for truth and beauty, echoes the healing Christ who restores the withered and fevered in today’s Lenten Gospels. At the stational church of SS. Cosmas and Damian—physicians and martyrs—we are reminded that true doctrine, like true healing, is given freely, and leads souls to serve Christ.Latest Old Roman news https://www.selsey.org/nuntiatoria/OLD ROMAN TV Daily Schedule Lent 20250600 Angelus0605 Morning Prayers0800 Daily Mass1200 Angelus1205 Bishop Challoner's Daily Meditation1700 Latin Rosary (live, 15 decades)1800 Angelus2100 Evening Prayers & ExamenOld Roman Forum https://oldroman.live

Desire, Disorder, and the Call to Spiritual Maturity

✠Jerome explains how desire, though made for God, became disordered after the Fall. The issue isn’t desire itself, but our will grasping selfishly at wealth, pleasure, or recognition. Spiritual maturity comes through discipline, virtue, and reordering the heart toward God. Saints teach us not to deny desire, but to elevate it. In doing so, we gain freedom, peace, and the capacity for true love, service, and holiness.