Becoming Merciful Life the Father<\/strong><\/p>\nThe point of this extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is to help us to become \u201cmerciful like the Father,\u201d as the theme from St. Luke\u2019s Gospel attests. It\u2019s to be so transformed by receiving God\u2019s mercy that we become merciful like God is merciful. Today\u2019s parable is one of the greatest of all of Jesus\u2019 illustrations not only of this calling but of the means by which we can fulfill this calling.<\/p>\n
Right before Jesus gave the parable we hear today, St. Peter had asked Jesus, \u201cIf my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him?\u201d The Rabbis taught, based on a misinterpretation of passages of the\u00a0Prophet Amos, that we needed to forgive three times, to give someone a forth chance. Peter multiplied that by two and added one and said, \u201cAs many as 7 times?\u201d This would be an astronomical\u00a0standard, giving someone an eighth chance, before writing someone off as incorrigible. Jesus replies, \u201cNo, Seventy Sevens.\u201d Whether that means 70\u00d77 (490) or 70+7 (77) times really doesn\u2019t matter, because seven is a number already with a sense of infinity. It means to forgive without limit.\u00a0He says Peter must forgive every time a brother or sister wrongs him.\u00a0And what Jesus says to Peter, he also says to us. We, too, must never refuse forgiveness to anyone who has wronged us \u2014 even and especially those who have really wounded us deeply. We must forgive fathers and mothers who have hurt us when we were younger, husbands and wives who have betrayed us, friends who have deceived us, priests or nuns who have scandalized us, assailants who have attacked us, and terrorists who have mercilessly killed those closest to us.<\/p>\n
Unpayable and payable debts<\/strong><\/p>\nJesus tells us why we must do this by means of the parable he gives us, which I\u2019ve always found among his most powerful.\u00a0He describes two debtors. The first is brought into the King for owing what our translation says is a \u201chuge amount.\u201d The actual term used by St. Matthew is \u201c10,000 talents.\u201d A talent was equivalent to 6,000 denarii and a denarius was a full day\u2019s wage. That means that the man owed 60,000,000 days worth of work, something that would take him 164,271\u00a0years\u00a0<\/em>to pay off. His request, after he had fallen prostrate on the ground and begged for time to pay it back, was totally absurd. He would need to live to be 165,000 years old. To monetize his debt in today\u2019s terms in order to better understand it, if he were making $100 a day (or $12.50 an hour), he would have owed $6 billion. But the text tells us that when the King saw the man on the ground begging absurdly for time, his \u201cheart was moved with pity\u201d (literally, he was sick to his stomach, his viscera exploded with compassion) and he forgave the entire debt. He didn\u2019t even make him pay what he could. He forgave it all. We\u2019re supposed to see in this what God does for us. He forgives our entire debt. He forgives us seven, seventy-seven, 490 times and more.<\/p>\nBut then we see that the servant who had been forgiven the equivalent of\u00a0billions <\/em>today,\u00a0<\/em>who was a billionaire in merciful love, went off and met a servant who owed him 100 denarii, something that could be paid off in about 3 months. This second debtor, using the very same words and actions as the first, fell down begging for time to pay it off. The first debtor must have recognized that the phrase and actions being employed reminded him of his own recent condition. But instead of sharing mercy with the second debtor, he went up and started to\u00a0choke him\u00a0<\/em>in anger and threw him into prison until his family was able to raise the 100 denarii (in today\u2019s money $10,000 at $100 a day) to pay him back. At that point the other servants of the King, seeing the behavior of their colleague, were \u201csaddened\u201d and \u201cdisturbed\u201d and they went to the Master, not so much to tattle-tale as to let him know of what was happening in his kingdom, that his standard of mercy was not being shown. He called in the first debtor, called him \u201cwicked\u201d and asked the poignant question: \u201cI forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to.\u00a0Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant,\u00a0as I had pity on you?\u201d Rather than paying the mercy forward, he stifled the flow. And he was sent to prison until she should pay back the last penny, something, because of the size of his debt, was impossible. Because he was unwilling to forgive a small debt, he would be in prison forever; his lack of forgiveness, rather than what he owed, was what got him sent to an unending incarceration<\/em>.<\/p>\nRecognizing Just How Much We’ve Been Forgiven<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the relevance for us? The first lesson is about the debt we\u2019ve incurred to God because of our sins. It\u2019s\u00a0unpayable.\u00a0<\/em>We owe more to God than the rising U.S. national debt (in the trillions). There\u2019s no way we can ever pay it back. We\u2019re always debtors, not creditors, in the forgiveness department. God the Father did not write off our debt, but sent his Son to pay for the debt with his own body and blood on the Cross. Our sins \u2014 even every single venial sin \u2014 have incurred an infinite debt that Christ needed to pay. Since we have received his forgiveness in baptism and in the sacrament of reconciliation, we are called to go out likewise and forgive others their much smaller debts to us, because nothing anyone could do to us \u2014 even if he or she were to torture us or kill those closest to us \u2014 amounts to what we\u2019ve done to the Son of God made man through our sins.\u00a0This is a very important point for us to get. Very often we can think our sins are light matter. \u201cSo I say a few swears,\u201d we can say to ourselves. \u201cThat\u2019s not a big deal.\u201d We can have very little compunction if we miss Mass on a Sunday or fail to be charitable, or consent to some impure thoughts, or are dishonest on our taxes. But every sin we\u2019ve committed \u2014 even being impatient with others \u2014 makes us indirect murderers of the Son of God, because Jesus had to die to forgive even our least venial sin.\u00a0This is a hard truth to bear, and I know there will be who will think that I must be exaggerating. I\u2019m not. That\u2019s how horrible our sins are. Our sins are not peccadilloes<\/em> but led to Jesus\u2019 brutal torture and murder.\u00a0If we stopped there, it would be hard for us not to feel infinitely miserable. But God loved us so much that he counted it a bargain to send his Son to die in payment of the debts we incurred by our sins. That\u2019s the first lesson from today\u2019s Gospel.<\/p>\nForgiving Others in the Way God has Forgiven Us<\/strong><\/p>\nThe second is that God\u2019s mercy toward us \u2014 which is infinite and everlasting \u2014 can be forfeited. In the parable, the Master who had written off the $6 billion debt, revoked it when he saw the one he had forgiven refuse similar mercy to the person who owed him. God makes this point emphatically throughout Sacred Scripture.\u00a0In the Book of Sirach, God tells us, \u201cForgive your neighbor the wrong he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray. Does anyone harbor anger against another, and expect healing from the Lord? If one has no mercy toward another like himself, can he then seek pardon for his own sins?\u201d\u00a0When Jesus taught us to pray the Our Father, he put seven petitions on our lips, but only one had a condition attached to it. \u201cForgive us our trespasses,\u201d we pray, \u201cas we have forgiven those who have trespassed (sinned) against us.\u201d We need already to have forgiven and to have the intention to continue to forgive. \u201cFor if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses,\u201d Jesus tells us right after revealing to us the Lord\u2019s prayer.\u00a0In today\u2019s Gospel, Jesus vigorously made the same point: \u201cSo my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you\u201d \u2014 treat us like the first debtor in the parable \u2014 \u201cunless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.\u201d\u00a0And none of us should miss the consequence if God revokes or we forfeit his forgiveness. If he does so, we will go to Hell, a prison in which there will never be enough time to pay our debt, because unless God forgives us our sins, our sins will prevent us from getting to Heaven.\u00a0This will happen not because God wishes to punish us, but because unless we have a heart that\u2019s merciful toward others we\u2019re incapable of receiving God\u2019s mercy. Pope Francis makes the point with a cardiological metaphor: that a heart has systolic and diastolic actions, in which blood is pumped in and out of the heart. If the heart has stopped pumping out the Christ-like precious blood of mercy, it is now dead and cannot receive Christ\u2019s out in-pouring. But there\u2019s something else we can say if we fail to forgive others, we will not have to wait until we die to go to Hell, because we\u2019ll already be experiencing a type of hell on earth. The past pains due to others\u2019 sins against us will always remain in the present, raw and heavy, dragging us down by their weight. Jesus gives us the command to forgive others not just so that we might imitate his merciful love, and not even so that we won\u2019t revoke it by our failure to be merciful to others, but so that we might experience the liberation and joy mercy brings the giver. Framed positively, this second lesson that Jesus in teaching us in this parable is that we\u00a0need to pay his\u00a0mercy forward. We have been made rich in mercy by God\u2019s generosity and we\u2019re called to share it. It\u2019s like God has made us billionaires and he wants us liberally to share that gift with those who owe us because of the debts of their sins toward us.<\/p>\n
In forgiving in this way, Jesus was indicating to us how to fulfill his command to\u00a0\u201clove others as I have loved you,\u201d and his love for us is always merciful. Therefore, our love for others must likewise always be clement.\u00a0As he was dying to pay the debt for our sins, after his back had been shredded at the flagellation, after his head had been crowned with thorns, and the Roman soldiers were about to hammer his arms to the wood of the Cross, Jesus cried out not in pain but in mercy: \u201cFather, forgive them for they know not what they do!\u201d (Lk 23:34). The \u201cthem\u201d and the \u201cthey\u201d he was referring to were not just the Roman Soldiers who clearly knew how to crucify someone, but to all of us who when we sin really do not have a clue about how they crucify and kill our Savior. There is a similar consequential ignorance when we sin against others and others sin against us.\u00a0Today Jesus is asking us to make his words our own, to make his love our own, to make his mercy our own \u2014 by our receiving it from him in the Sacrament of Mercy and by our sharing that forgiveness lavishly, with others. He who is mercy incarnate has made us rich in mercy like his Father. He\u2019s restored to us billions that we\u2019ve squandered. Let\u2019s spend that merciful love down to the last penny!<\/p>\n
Getting Vested\u00a0for Battle at Mass<\/strong><\/p>\nAnd the place where we get strengthened to do so is here at Mass. In today\u2019s first reading, St. Paul tells us to \u201cdraw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power\u201d and this is the place that we come to draw all our spiritual energies from the power of his merciful flowing from his pierced side. This is where we\u2019re strengthened with the armor of God to \u201cstand firm against the tactics of the Devil\u201d on the \u201cevil day.\u201d This is where we put on Christ and his merciful love, where we wrap ourselves with the truth about him, ourselves and our need for him; where we\u2019re clothed in his holiness around our heart, where we put on the shoes of the Gospel of peace through the forgiveness of sins, where we grow in faith and say, \u201cJesus, I trust in you!\u201d and in his divine mercy whever the devil shots flaming arrows of temptations; this is where we rap our head with the helmet of salvation so that our minds are thinking about eternity, and where we assimilate the word of God as a weapon to use against the devil, just as Jesus used it in the desert. This is where we begin by confessing that we\u2019re in need of God\u2019s help and protection because we\u2019re sinners who have lost in battles against the devil by our own grievous fault but are nevertheless strengthened by God so that we might win the war. This is where we proclaim that we\u2019re not worthy to receive him but we ask him to say the word and forgive our debts so that he may enter under our roof. And with Jesus inside us, with mercy incarnate abiding in us, how can we not forgive others like he forgives us?<\/p>\n
The readings for today’s Mass were:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nA reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Finally, brothers and sisters, draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil. For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens. Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground. So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate, and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace. In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.<\/p>\nThe continuation of the Gospel according to St. Matthew
\n<\/strong>Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cThe kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount. Since he had no way of paying it back, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, his children, and all his property, in payment of the debt. At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, \u2018Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.\u2019 Moved with compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan. When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a much smaller amount. He seized him and started to choke him, demanding, \u2018Pay back what you owe.\u2019 Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, \u2018Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.\u2019 But he refused. Instead, he had him put in prison until he paid back the debt. Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master and reported the whole affair. His master summoned him and said to him, \u201cYou wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?\u2019 Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
![\"parable-of-two-debtors\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors.png?resize=262%2C300&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Agnes Church, Manhattan 21st Sunday after Pentecost, Extraordinary Form October 9, 2016 Eph 6:10-17, Mt 18:23-35 To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:\u00a0 The following text guided the homily:\u00a0 Becoming Merciful Life the Father The point of this extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8143,1063,3],"tags":[2971,6454,7077,9939,7083,9936,9182,9940,7086,9941,9937,2104,9938,2416,7089],"class_list":["post-12434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1962-missal-extraordinary-form","category-audio-homily","category-homily","tag-100-denarii","tag-10000-talents","tag-armor-of-god","tag-belt-of-truth","tag-breastplate-of-righteousness","tag-eph-610-17","tag-extraordinary-jubilee-of-mercy","tag-father-forgive-them-for-they-know-not-what-they-do","tag-helmet-of-salvation","tag-jesus-i-trust-in-you","tag-mt-1823-35","tag-our-father","tag-put-on-the-whole-armor-of-god","tag-sirach","tag-sword-of-the-spirit"],"yoast_head":"\n
Enveloped by the Armor of God's Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016 - Catholic Preaching<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Enveloped by the Armor of God's Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016 - Catholic Preaching\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Agnes Church, Manhattan 21st Sunday after Pentecost, Extraordinary Form October 9, 2016 Eph 6:10-17, Mt 18:23-35 To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:\u00a0 The following text guided the homily:\u00a0 Becoming Merciful Life the Father The point of this extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic Preaching\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-09T17:45:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-10-09T17:47:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors-262x300.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fr. Roger Landry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fr. Roger Landry\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"14 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fr. Roger Landry\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c062c14deafab54923b0b04c0da88827\"},\"headline\":\"Enveloped by the Armor of God’s Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-09T17:45:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-09T17:47:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2843,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors-262x300.png\",\"keywords\":[\"100 Denarii\",\"10000 Talents\",\"Armor of God\",\"Belt of Truth\",\"Breastplate of Righteousness\",\"Eph 6:10-17\",\"Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy\",\"Father forgive them for they know not what they do!\",\"Helmet of Salvation\",\"Jesus I trust in you\",\"Mt 18:23-35\",\"Our Father\",\"Put on the Whole Armor of God\",\"Sirach\",\"Sword of the Spirit\"],\"articleSection\":[\"1962 Missal Extraordinary Form\",\"Audio Homily\",\"Homily\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/\",\"name\":\"Enveloped by the Armor of God's Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016 - Catholic Preaching\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors-262x300.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-09T17:45:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-09T17:47:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c062c14deafab54923b0b04c0da88827\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors.png?fit=310%2C355&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors.png?fit=310%2C355&ssl=1\",\"width\":310,\"height\":355},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Enveloped by the Armor of God’s Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic Preaching\",\"description\":\"Msgr. Roger J. Landry, Diocese of Fall River\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c062c14deafab54923b0b04c0da88827\",\"name\":\"Fr. Roger Landry\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fddee06b798df6a84a99054c8290cca6a5d59ace9a7e086a9a1d1f23aa09ad3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fddee06b798df6a84a99054c8290cca6a5d59ace9a7e086a9a1d1f23aa09ad3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fddee06b798df6a84a99054c8290cca6a5d59ace9a7e086a9a1d1f23aa09ad3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fr. Roger Landry\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/catholicpreaching.com\\\/wp\\\/author\\\/fr-roger-landry\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Enveloped by the Armor of God's Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016 - Catholic Preaching","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Enveloped by the Armor of God's Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016 - Catholic Preaching","og_description":"Fr. Roger J. Landry St. Agnes Church, Manhattan 21st Sunday after Pentecost, Extraordinary Form October 9, 2016 Eph 6:10-17, Mt 18:23-35 To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:\u00a0 The following text guided the homily:\u00a0 Becoming Merciful Life the Father The point of this extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is […]","og_url":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/","og_site_name":"Catholic Preaching","article_published_time":"2016-10-09T17:45:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-10-09T17:47:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors-262x300.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Fr. Roger Landry","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fr. Roger Landry","Est. reading time":"14 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/"},"author":{"name":"Fr. Roger Landry","@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/c062c14deafab54923b0b04c0da88827"},"headline":"Enveloped by the Armor of God’s Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016","datePublished":"2016-10-09T17:45:49+00:00","dateModified":"2016-10-09T17:47:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/"},"wordCount":2843,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors-262x300.png","keywords":["100 Denarii","10000 Talents","Armor of God","Belt of Truth","Breastplate of Righteousness","Eph 6:10-17","Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy","Father forgive them for they know not what they do!","Helmet of Salvation","Jesus I trust in you","Mt 18:23-35","Our Father","Put on the Whole Armor of God","Sirach","Sword of the Spirit"],"articleSection":["1962 Missal Extraordinary Form","Audio Homily","Homily"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/","url":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/","name":"Enveloped by the Armor of God's Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016 - Catholic Preaching","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors-262x300.png","datePublished":"2016-10-09T17:45:49+00:00","dateModified":"2016-10-09T17:47:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/c062c14deafab54923b0b04c0da88827"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors.png?fit=310%2C355&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Parable-of-Two-Debtors.png?fit=310%2C355&ssl=1","width":310,"height":355},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/enveloped-by-the-armor-of-gods-mercy-and-sharing-it-21st-sunday-after-pentecost-ef-october-9-2016\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Enveloped by the Armor of God’s Mercy and Sharing It, 21st Sunday after Pentecost (EF), October 9, 2016"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/","name":"Catholic Preaching","description":"Msgr. Roger J. Landry, Diocese of Fall River","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/#\/schema\/person\/c062c14deafab54923b0b04c0da88827","name":"Fr. Roger Landry","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fddee06b798df6a84a99054c8290cca6a5d59ace9a7e086a9a1d1f23aa09ad3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fddee06b798df6a84a99054c8290cca6a5d59ace9a7e086a9a1d1f23aa09ad3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fddee06b798df6a84a99054c8290cca6a5d59ace9a7e086a9a1d1f23aa09ad3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fr. Roger Landry"},"url":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/author\/fr-roger-landry\/"}]}},"views":1922,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XGcd-3ey","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12438,"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434\/revisions\/12438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}