Novena to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots

Day 1

10 min

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots

Opening prayer:

O Mary, Undoer of Knots, with the same patient hands that untied the knot of our first parents' disobedience, take into your care the tangles of my life. There is no knot too tight for your maternal fingers, no situation beyond the reach of your Son's mercy. I come to you trusting, and I will not lose heart. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 1: The knot of disbelief

The first knot is the secret doubt that God can or will help me. Mary, who believed when the angel spoke the impossible, gently loosens this knot and teaches my heart to trust again. This is the tightest knot of all, for while it holds, every prayer is half-hearted and every hope is shadowed. She does not scold my doubt but draws near to it, breathing back into me the same faith that made her blessed among women.

O Mary, Undoer of Knots, you believed when the angel spoke the impossible. Take in your patient hands the secret doubt that God will not help me, and loosen it strand by strand. Breathe into my shadowed heart the same trust that made you blessed, until I believe again. Amen.

Today's intention:

I bring you the knot of my doubt; untie it and restore my faith.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

O Blessed Mother, I thank you for taking my knots into your gentle hands. Untie them in the order and the time that God knows is best, and where they cannot yet be loosed, grant me the patience to wait in peace. Lead me, freed and unburdened, ever closer to your Son. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.