{"id":23424,"date":"2013-12-31T10:06:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=23424"},"modified":"2013-12-31T10:07:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T15:07:46","slug":"still-more-knots-to-untie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/31\/still-more-knots-to-untie\/","title":{"rendered":"Still More Knots to Untie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In his most recent <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/27\/viewpoint-there-was-mostly-good-news-from-rome-during-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viewpoint<\/a><em> column, Msgr. Francis Mannion calls \u201cMary Undoer of Knots\u201d <\/em>(Maria Knotenl\u00f6serin)<em> the \u201cbest new papal Marian devotion.\u201d In the waning days of 2013, members of the <\/em>Pray Tell<em> family are sharing what particular knots they hope Our Lady can help untie in 2014. (See earlier submissions by <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/28\/mary-untie-our-knots-in-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Ford and Paul Inwood<\/a> and by <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/29\/more-knots-to-untie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diana Macalintal<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Today Peter Rehwaldt writes the following. (Scroll down for Teresa Berger&#8217;s prayer.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The knot I&#8217;d like to see untied is the knot of unwarranted certainty, tightened by . . .<\/p>\n<p>. . . political leaders who are absolutely certain that their policy is correct.<br \/>\n. . . religious leaders who are absolutely certain that their understanding is right.<br \/>\n. . . scholars who are absolutely certain that their viewpoint is unimpeachable.<br \/>\n. . . students who are absolutely certain that their outlook is incontrovertable.<br \/>\n. . . parents who are absolutely certain that their worldview is unassailable.<br \/>\n. . . .children who are absolutely certain that their understanding is complete.<br \/>\n. . . theologians who are absolutely certain that their interpretation is precise.<br \/>\n. . . .translators who are absolutely certain that their choice of words is without possible improvement.<br \/>\n. . . .and . . .<br \/>\n. . . liturgists who are absolutely certain that their approach is infallible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; Peter Rehwaldt<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 *<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mary, untie the knots that prevent us from living on this precious earth in communion with everything God has created.<\/li>\n<li>Untie the knots that keep us from lives of simplicity, gentleness, and restraint.<\/li>\n<li>Untie the knots &#8212; oh so tightly pulled &#8212; that make growth and profit seem to be the path to flourishing.<\/li>\n<li>Untie the knots that disable us from hearing the groaning of creation.<\/li>\n<li>Untie the knots that shackle us to life-styles that this earth cannot sustain.<\/li>\n<li>Untie the knot that binds us to the path of destruction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; Teresa Berger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the waning days of 2013, members of the <i>Pray Tell<\/i> family are sharing what particular knots they hope Our Lady can help untie in 2014. 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