Toddler Tangles and Mary, Undoer of Knots (Pope Francis' Prayer)




This Mimi (Memere) biz is tough work. 

Combing a toddler's hair at 6:30 in the morning, blaming the bed elves for the knots, wrestling her into and out of night clothes/day clothes-- oof. But the victory!! I got a hair clip to stay in her hair! Huzzah!

Holly is a pretty little girl. Her hair is naturally curly, and thus, knots. That, and her method of self-soothing is to twist her hair. Meg's hair was definitely not curly, and was super fine-- still prone to knots and those damned bed elves invaded nightly-- but she didn't twist her hair. One solution has been the leave-in  conditioner, and that helps a lot. But omg-- untangling the knots.

I think the untangling knots is the theme of this week. Pope Francis, who has a special devotion to the Virgin Mary, is fond of her incarnation as Mary, Undoer of Knots. I have the statue in my house-- it seems life presents me (us) with a whole lot of entangled situations. 

Here's the Pope's prayer. I hope it helps you, too.

C

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion. Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord. Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, we pray to you to receive in your hands (the name of the person), and to free him/her of the knots and confusion with which our enemy attacks. Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

Amen.

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