The Selsey Podcast

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.

The Battle Within: Overcoming the False Self and Living in the Grace of God

✠Jerome's second Lenten conference explores the battle against the false self—formed by pride, laziness, and fear. This rebellion shows in the mind (doubt, distraction), senses (comfort-seeking), and will (clinging, fear of surrender). True holiness comes not through effort alone, but through grace—given in prayer, sacraments, and Our Lady’s help. Victory comes by surrendering, not striving. Lent becomes a path to Easter joy when we die to self and rise with Christ.

Homily: The Annunciation (2025)

Homilest: ✠Jerome SeleisiOn this happy convergence of the Annunciation with the Third Tuesday of Lent, the Church invites us to contemplate the mystery of the Incarnation through the silence of Nazareth, the penitence of Lent, and the blood of the martyrs at the stational church of St. Pudentiana. In the Mass *Vultum tuum*, Mary appears as Queen and Bride, her fiat undoing Eve’s disobedience and opening history to the Word made flesh. The readings from Isaiah and Luke declare God’s initiative and Mary’s perfect cooperation, while the Lenten Last Gospel from Matthew 18 reminds us that Christ’s Incarnation founds a Church marked by mercy, correction, and unity. The Annunciation is not sentimental—it is the radical beginning of salvation, demanding our own fiat in obedience, silence, and liturgical reverence. The Virgin’s consent is the model of the Church and the soul: receptive, humble, and fruitful. Let us, like her, say: “Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.”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

Lent: A Time to Know Ourselves and Our Need for Redemption

In his Lenten conference, ✠Jerome of the Old Roman Apostolate, emphasizes self-knowledge as the foundation for true conversion. He urges the faithful to confront illusions, acknowledge their need for grace, and embrace redemption. Lent, he explains, is a time for inward reflection leading to genuine transformation and renewed commitment to one’s Christian vocation.

Homily: St Gabriel, Archangel (2025)

Homilest: ✠Jerome SeleisiThe homily for the Feast of St. Gabriel the Archangel reflects on Gabriel’s role as both interpreter of prophecy and herald of the Incarnation, linking the angel’s announcement to Daniel with his later message to the Virgin Mary. It highlights Mary’s fiat as the turning point of salvation history, contrasting her obedient faith with the rejection of Christ in Nazareth. Drawing on the traditional Roman Rite and the stational church of San Marco, the sermon emphasizes the reverent receptivity of the Church to the Word of God, calling the faithful to imitate Gabriel’s fidelity and Mary’s humility in preparing for the coming of Christ through the mystery and silence of the liturgy.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: Sunday Lent III (2025)

Homilest: ✠Jerome SeleisiOn this Third Sunday of Lent, as the Church reflects on Christ’s confrontation with evil in the Gospel and gathers spiritually at the stational church of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, we are reminded that Lent is a time of spiritual warfare and scrutiny. Just as the catechumens of old were examined and exorcised to prepare for baptism, so too must we who are baptized examine our souls, root out sin, and ensure our hearts are filled with grace lest they become vulnerable to greater evil. Inspired by the steadfast witness of St. Lawrence, we are called not to spiritual neutrality but to active fidelity: to be truly with Christ, through repentance, prayer, and a life shaped by the Gospel.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 Benedict of Nursia (2025)

Homilest: ✠Jerome Seleisi On the feast of St. Benedict, commemorated alongside the Third Friday in Lent with its stational church at St. Vitalis, we are reminded that true renewal of the Church and society arises not through power but through holiness. In an age of collapse and confusion, much like the world Benedict faced, he responded not by reforming institutions but by forming souls—founding monastic communities rooted in prayer, discipline, and learning. His Rule preserved the Faith and laid the foundations of Christian civilization. Today, as the vineyard of the Lord again suffers neglect and hostility, we are called to embody a new Benedictine spirit: cultivating order, wisdom, and fidelity in our homes, parishes, and hearts, so that through holiness and sacrifice, the Church may once again flourish.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 Joseph (2025)

Homilist: ✠Jerome SeleisiToday, Holy Mother Church honors **St. Joseph, the Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary**, whose silent fidelity, obedience, and fatherly care made him the protector of both **the Holy Family and the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church**. Though this year his feast falls on the **Third Wednesday of Lent**, with the **stational church of St. Cecilia in Trastevere**, the Lenten discipline remains, reminding us that **his greatness lay not in earthly glory, but in hidden sacrifice**. The **Proper Last Gospel (Luke 11:14-28)** warns that **a divided house cannot stand**, making devotion to **St. Joseph, the model of fatherhood, purity, and authority, more urgent than ever**. In an age of fatherlessness, weakened clergy, and societal collapse, he stands as **the answer to the crisis of leadership**. **May we entrust ourselves to him, confident that he who once safeguarded Christ will not fail to protect His Church.** **St. Joseph, terror of demons, pray for us!**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 Cyril of Jerusalem (2025)

Homilist: ✠Jerome SeleisiSt. Cyril of Jerusalem (313–386 A.D.), a Doctor of the Church, defended the Nicene Faith against Arianism, enduring three exiles for his fidelity. His Catechetical Lectures affirm transubstantiation and remain a pillar of Catholic doctrine. Today’s Lesson (Ecclus. 39:6-14) praises the wise teacher, while the Gospel (Matt. 10:23-28) warns of persecution, which Cyril suffered, trusting in God’s providence like Elijah (3 Kings 17:8-16). The stational church, Santa Balbina, honors a martyr who, like Cyril, embraced suffering for Christ. The Proper Last Gospel (Matt. 23:1-12) teaches that humility leads to exaltation—a Lenten call to embrace truth over comfort. Cyril’s life urges us to know, defend, and suffer for the faith, that we too may be counted as faithful servants of Christ. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, pray for us!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 Patrick of Ireland (2025)

On this feast of Saint Patrick, set within the Lenten station at San Clemente, we recall the unbroken continuity of the Faith—from the early martyrs to Patrick’s fearless evangelization of Ireland. The Epistle (Sirach 44:16-27; 45:3-20) praises the great priest whom God glorified, a fitting tribute to Patrick, who led a nation from darkness to Christ. The Gospel (Matthew 25:14-23) challenges us with the Parable of the Talents, which Patrick exemplified by using his gifts to build Christendom, rather than burying them in fear. The Last Gospel (John 8:21-29) warns that without faith, men are lost—just as Patrick knew Ireland needed conversion, not compromise. As the modern world falls into apostasy, Patrick’s mission remains ours: to rekindle the fire of faith, proclaim the Gospel boldly, and use our talents for God’s glory. If we are faithful, we too shall hear: "Well done, good and faithful servant… enter into the joy of your Master."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