Novena to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots

Day 9

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 9: Surrendered into her hands

On this last day I let go of my anxious grip and leave every knot, undone and still-tied alike, in Mary's care. Whatever she cannot yet loosen, she will hold; and whatever God permits to remain, she will help me carry in peace. Surrender is the final undoing, for the tightest knot of all is my refusal to let go. As I open my hands, I find that the One who crushed the serpent under her heel has been at work all along.

O Mary, Undoer of Knots, on this last day I open my anxious hands and leave in your care every knot, the loosed and the still-tied alike. Hold what cannot yet be undone, and help me carry in peace whatever God permits to remain. Do with them all as God wills. Amen.

Today's intention:

I surrender all my knots into your hands; do with them as God wills.

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.