Pope St. Clement: The Martyr Who Confirmed the Papacy (23 November)

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May the holy names of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph be blessed now and forever. In this powerful homily on the feast of Pope St. Clement I, the early pope and martyr, we reflect on the Primacy of Peter, the authority of the Church, and the life-changing power of the Sacrament of Confession. This sermon explores Christ’s words in Matthew 16, Matthew 18, and John 20, where Jesus gives the apostles the authority to forgive sins and lead His Church. Through the example of St. Clement, the early Fathers, and striking historical accounts, we are reminded of the necessity of sincere repentance, humility, and faith in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Learn why frequent confession, honesty in the sacrament, and trust in God’s mercy are essential for salvation. The homily includes warnings about withholding mortal sins, the danger of sacrilegious communion, and a vivid historical example illustrating the consequences of pride and unconfessed grave sin. We are invited to imitate St. Peter and St. Clement, embrace humility, and return wholeheartedly to the mercy offered through Christ’s priesthood—in persona Christi—for the salvation of our souls and the good of the whole Church. “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” — John 20:23 00:00 – Opening prayer 00:25 – Feast of Pope St. Clement, early Church martyr 01:00 – His letter to the Corinthians 01:25 – Unity of the Body of Christ 01:55 – Exile under Trajan & martyrdom 02:21 – Primacy of Peter in Matthew 16 02:40 – “Who do you say that I am?” 03:00 – Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist 03:13 – Authority of the apostles to bind and loose 03:37 – Christ gives authority to absolve sins 04:03 – Power and meaning of binding and loosing 04:45 – Sacrament of Confession explained 05:10 – Story of the professor and the failed burial 06:00 – Grave sin of withholding sins in confession 06:58 – St. Antoninus recounts a 15th-century event 07:13 – Young man conceals mortal sin 08:00 – Attempts to make amends without confession 08:54 – Enters monastery but hides sin again 09:30 – Tries to confess but obscures his words 10:00 – Death without true confession 10:55 – Terrifying apparition of the damned soul 11:48 – Removal of the body from the church 12:00 – Warning against sacrilegious confessions 12:50 – Invitation to humility and repentance 13:30 – John 20 & the origin of sacramental confession 14:00 – Christ breathing the Holy Spirit on the apostles 14:52 – Power of confession in the Church 15:02 – Exhortation to frequent confession 15:39 – Closing prayer and blessing For more please visit https://www.themarianfranciscans.org/ Please sign up at this link https://lifecrusade.org/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 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/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SensusFidelium.TV - https://sensusfidelium.tv/@SensusFidelium 🔴 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 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 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. ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #Catholic #CatholicChurch #Confession #SacramentOfReconciliation #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicHomily #CatholicSermon #StClement #EarlyChurch #PeterAndThePapacy #PrimacyOfPeter #Eucharist #RealPresence #MortalSin #Repentance #CatholicFaith #CatholicPriest #John20 #Matthew16 #CatholicTeaching #CoRedemptrix #BlessedVirginMary #Christianity #Catholic

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