The Selsey Podcast

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/

Today’s homily: Holy Innocents (2025)

The Feast of the Holy Innocents reveals that the Incarnation immediately provokes violence: the Child draws blood. Though Herod passed from history, his logic endures wherever children are sacrificed to power, ideology, or convenience. Today this includes abortion up to birth, the sexualisation of children, and medical experimentation such as puberty blockers. The Innocents judge our age and summon the faithful to repentance, courage, and public action in defence of children. https://nuntiatoria.org/2025/12/28/todays-mass-december-28th-feast-of-the-holy-innocents/

Today’s homily: St John the Beloved, Evangelist (2025)

Within the radiant stillness of the Christmas Octave, the Church sets before us Saint John the Evangelist—the disciple who remained. Resting upon the Heart of Christ, standing beneath the Cross, and testifying to the Word made flesh, John teaches that fidelity is born of intimacy with Christ. Christmas is not sentiment but confession: the Child is God, and only those who remain with Him can truly bear witness to the Light. https://nuntiatoria.org/2025/12/27/todays-mass-december-27th-st-john-the-evangelist-apostle/

Today’s homily: Christmas Day: Mass of the King (2025)

The Third Mass of Christmas is the Mass of the King. The Child born in Bethlehem bears government upon His shoulder from the first moment of His Incarnation. The Epistle proclaims His eternal sovereignty, the Gospel reveals the Word through whom all things were made, and the Church kneels in bodily confession of His rule. The Magi seal the mystery: kings adore the King. Christmas is not sentiment, but allegiance to Christ who reigns even from the crib. https://nuntiatoria.org/2025/12/25/todays-mass-december-25th-third-mass-of-the-nativity-of-our-lord/

Today’s homily: Feria III of Advent IV (2025)

Are YOU ready... for Judgement? For the return of the King? How much do you love your family, friends, neighbours... enough to tell them the REAL meaning of Christmas? Of their need for a Saviour? Of their need to repent? Of their need for Jesus? Are you a "voice crying in the wilderness" preparing the Way of the Lord? If not, why not? Now is the time. https://nuntiatoria.org/

Today’s homily: St Thomas, Apostle (transferred) (2025)

St Thomas' words of adoration and worship, "My Lord and My God" challenge us to "Put Christ back into Christmas" - it is not enough recognise and adore the Manger and the Incarnate Word made Flesh on Christmas Day if we don't continue to mention Him and include Him in our Christmas celebrations and manifest the Love He brings through our lives to others. https://nuntiatoria.org/

Today’s homily: Sunday Advent IV (2025)

Advent IV in the Tridentine Rite stands on the threshold of the Incarnation. The Church cries Rorate, coeli, confessing that sin delays grace and repentance hastens mercy. John the Baptist prepares the way by calling the world to conversion, while Mary receives the dew of heaven in silence and faith. Advent rejects sentiment and demands preparation: humility, fidelity, confession, and readiness for Emmanuel who comes to judge and to save. https://nuntiatoria.org/