“Love Your Enemies” – A Fiery Sermon on Forgiveness & Vengeance for Friday After Ash Wednesday

About this sermon

On this Friday after Ash Wednesday, we reflect on one of the most difficult commands ever spoken: “I say to you, love your enemies.” – Matthew 5:44 This powerful Lenten sermon explores how Jesus Christ, as Head, King, and Master, destroys the three roots of hatred: nature, politics, and reason. Why do we cling to vengeance? Why does forgiveness feel like weakness? And why does Christ make mercy the condition for our own salvation? Drawing from Scripture, St. Augustine, St. Paul, and the example of King David and Saul, this meditation reveals: Why harming your enemy wounds yourself How forgiveness disarms hatred Why vengeance brings eternal consequences How Christ’s Crucifixion destroys every excuse for revenge The terrifying truth: If you do not forgive, neither will your Father forgive you This is a sobering and transformative reflection for Lent — a season of repentance, purification, and radical charity. If we adore a crucified God who forgave His executioners, how can we refuse to forgive? “Forgive, and the Lord will forgive you.” May this meditation help you prepare your soul for Easter. 0:00 – Friday After Ash Wednesday Introduction 0:12 – “Love Your Enemies” – The Authority of Christ 1:37 – The Three Motives for Hatred: Nature, Politics, Reason 2:34 – Christ as Head: Correcting Our Corrupt Nature 4:19 – The Mystical Body: Why Harming Others Harms Ourselves 6:04 – Christ’s Prayer for Unity 7:11 – Christ as King: Reforming Worldly Politics 8:32 – How Forgiveness Disarms Your Enemy 9:28 – David and Saul: A Biblical Example of Mercy 11:23 – Why God Punishes When We Refuse to Forgive 13:01 – Christ as Master: Reforming Human Reason 14:02 – Follow the Example of God, Not the World 15:37 – The Eternal Consequences of Vengeance 16:38 – Remember Death and Cease to Be an Enemy 17:08 – The Only Way to Obtain Mercy To donate to the Church Restoration Project in Ireland please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/church-of-the-immaculate-heart-restoration & Please say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Follow the Institute of Christ the King on... Facebook: facebook.com/ICKSP Twitter: twitter.com/ICKSP Instagram: instagram.com/ICKSP 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.us for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #Catholic #Lent #LoveYourEnemies #Forgiveness #LentenReflection #TraditionalCatholic #ChristianCharity #CatholicSermon #Mercy #AshWednesday #SpiritualLife #CatholicTeaching

Topics

• Love & Compassion
• Forgiveness