Novena to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots

Day 3

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 3: The knot of worry and fear

Anxiety knots the heart until it can no longer rest, magnifying every shadow. Mary takes these fears one strand at a time and reminds me that her Son holds the future I cannot see. Fear pulls every worry into a single tangled mass too large to face; her patient hands separate it, naming each thread, until what overwhelmed me becomes something small enough to surrender. She asks only that I hand her the knot and stop pulling at it myself.

O Mary, my worries have pulled into one tangle too large to face. Take it from my clenched hands and separate it thread by thread, until what overwhelmed me grows small in your care. Remind me that your Son holds the future I cannot see, and give me your peace. Amen.

Today's intention:

I bring you the knot of my fears; untie it and give me your peace.

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.