Novena To Mary Undo-er Of Knots - For Matermisericordiae

[AnneLine]

Those of us who have been on Vocation Station for a while are very aware that MaterMisericordiae has been waiting to learn whether or not the community he hopes to enter has decided to let her try her vocation or not. You can read the details on other threads.

As I looked at the 'waiting to hear from my community' thread, I found myself remembering the devotion to Mary Un-doer of Knots. A friend from my Secular Order community gave me a small picture of her as a wedding present, saying that she is the one who 'unties the knots' in new marriages. I loved the image, and I have ended up with great devotion to our Mother under this title.

Yesterday evening I suggested to MaterMisericordiae that we begin a novena to Our Lady, Un-doer of knots for Mater, not to try to influence her superiors, but to undo any knots that are in the way of Mater's following God's will for her.... to get her the graces she will need to follow God's path in a radically loving way.

Mater is very grateful for the idea... and a number of others have indicated support!

So.... this thread.


I will post a little about the devotion, and then each day I will post the novena prayers.

Traditionally this devotion is a Rosary Novena.... but there is also a version that does NOT include the full rosary. You may choose either option, and I will post both.

Thank you in advance for your prayers for Mater and for all those in Vocation Station who are feeling stuck in 'red tape' for lack of a better word.

Blessings,

AnneLine

[AnneLine]

[img]http://www.maryundoerofknots.com/images/virgin_mary_entry2.png[/img]


How this devotion started?

Since 1700, his painting has been venerated in the Church of St. Peter in Perlack, Germany. It was originally inspired by a meditation of Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon and martyred in 202) based on the parallel made by Saint Paul between Adam and Christ. Saint Irenaeus, in turn, made a comparison between Eve and Mary, saying:

[b]"Eve, by her disobedience, tied the knot of disgrace for the human race; whereas Mary, by her obedience, undid it".[/b]

But what are these knots?

They are the problems and struggles we face for which we do not see any solution.
.... the knots of our life!

(see more at [url="http://www.maryundoerofknots.com/history.htm"]http://www.maryundoerofknots.com/history.htm[/url])

Edited October 19, 2012 by AnneLine

[AnneLine]

[b]NOVENA, DAY ONE:[/b]

SHORT VERSION: [url="http://www.desatadora.com.ar/novena-i.htm"][color=#0000FF]http://www.desatadora.com.ar/novena-i.htm[/color][/url]
[indent][b][font="Verdana"][size="-1"]Prayer to the Virgin Mary as Untier of Knots[/size][/font][/b]

[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]Holy Mary, full of the presence of God, during your life[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]you accepted with great humility the holy will of the father[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]and the legacy of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, and evil[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]never dared to entangle you with its confusion. Since then[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]you have interceded for all of our difficulties as you did[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]at the wedding feast of Cana. With all simplicity and with[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]patience, you have given us an example of how to untangle[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]the knots in our complicated lives. By being our mother[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]forever you arrange and make clear the path that unites us[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]to Our Lord.[/size][/font]

[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]Holy Mary, Mother of God and ours, with your maternal heart,[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]untie the knots that upset our lives. We ask you to receive[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]into your hands (here mention your prayer request) and[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]deliver us from the chains and confusion that restrain us.[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]Blessed Virgin Mary, through your grace, your intercession[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]and by your example, deliver us from evil, and untie the[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]knots that keep us from being united to God. So that free[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]of all confusion and error, we may find him in all things,[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]keep him in our hearts, and serve him always in our[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]brothers and sisters. Mother of Good Counsel pray for us.[/size][/font]
[font="Verdana"][size="-1"]Amen.[/size][/font][/indent]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]We begin with our daily prayers, making the Sign of the Cross and praying the Act of Contrition so that God will enter our hearts, and he will brings us near to the Virgin Mary.[/size][/font]

[b][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]The Sign of the Cross[/size][/font][/b]

[b][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Act of Contrition[/size][/font][/b]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Blessed Virgin Mary, the one who unties the knots, in marriage, in people and of nations, I offer you this novena[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]requesting the following intentions:[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"](mention here the favors that you wish to obtain)[/size][/font]


[b][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]First Day[/size][/font][/b]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Bible reading:[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]...« and now she will bear a son. You shall call him 'Jesus' for he will save his people from their sins.»[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]( Mathew 1, 21 )[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Brief Reflection:[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Our Lord Jesus, was born of the flesh and blood of the Holy Virgin Mary, spouse of the Holy Spirit. Jesus, untied the[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]tongues of the mute, the obstacles to the paralytics, he remove the yoke of the oppressed , and he liberated the[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]sinners with his death. Jesus, through his Death and Resurrection is the Great Untier of Knots of our humanity united to[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]sin. His Mother, first disciple and coore-demptrix, will untied our knots.[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]( Brief meditation: meditate with one decade of the Holy Rosary: One Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, One Glory be and[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]the Prayer to “The Virgin Mary untier of Knots”)[/size][/font]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"][b]Our Father[/b][/size][/font]

[b][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]The Hail Mary[/size][/font][/b]

[b][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Glory Be[/size][/font][/b]

[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"] [/size][/font]
~~~~~ + + + ~~~~~

[AnneLine]

[i][color=#0000FF][size=5]For those who prefer to do the full 5 decade Rosary Novena - it is very beautiful and very powerful:[/size][/color][size=3][color=#0000FF] [/color][/size][/i]


[color=#0000FF][b]NOVENA, DAY ONE:[/b]

LONG VERSION: [/color][url="http://www.theholyrosary.org/maryundoerknots"][color=#0000FF]http://www.theholyrosary.org/maryundoerknots[/color][/url]

[color=#0000FF]1. Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.
[i]Oh my God I am heartily sorry for having offended you. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell. But most of all, because I offended you, oh my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen[/i]

3. Say the first 3 decades of the Rosary.

4. Make the meditation of the day (to be posted each day)

5. Say the last 2 decades of the rosary

6. Finish with the [/color][url=""][color=#0000FF]Prayer to Our Lady the Undoer of Knots[/color][/url]


[color=#0000FF][size=5][b]Meditation for Day 1 [/b][/size]

[img]http://www.theholyrosary.org/images/maryknot2.png[/img]
Dearest Holy Mother, Most Holy Mary, you undo the knots that suffocate your children, extend your merciful hands to me. I entrust to You today this knot....and all the negative consequences that it provokes in my life. I give you this knot that torments me and makes me unhappy and so impedes me from uniting myself to You and Your Son Jesus, my Savior. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]I run to You, Mary, Undoer of Knots because I trust you and I know that you never despise a sinning child who comes to ask you for help. I believe that you can undo this knot because Jesus grants you everything. I believe that you want to undo this knot because you are my Mother. I believe that You will do this because you love me with eternal love.

Thank you, Dear Mother.

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.

[i]The one who seeks grace, finds it in Mary's hands.[/i]


PRAYER TO MARY, UNDOER OF KNOTS (Closing Prayer)

Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life.
You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]No one, not even the Evil One himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot...I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all, You are my hope. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution and with Christ the freedom from my chains. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Hear my plea. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me[/color]

[OnlySunshine]

AnneLine, I can't tell you how much this means to me. Thank you so much for starting this novena.

[she_who_is_not]

Praying for you Mater! This is a very powerful novena.

[AnneLine]

Praying....

[Blessed&Grateful]

Mater praying and you are well loved here but more importantly by Him.

[Spem in alium]

Prayers, Mater. This is a beautiful novena.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='Blessed&Grateful' timestamp='1350690977' post='2495143']
Mater praying and you are well loved here but more importantly by Him.
[/quote]

I don't know what I did to deserve such kindness from all of you. I feel truly blessed. You are all in my prayers of thanks to Our Lord!

[quote name='Spem in alium' timestamp='1350696093' post='2495171']
Prayers, Mater. This is a beautiful novena.
[/quote]

Thank you, spem!

[inperpetuity]

Yes, done.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='inperpetuity' timestamp='1350701907' post='2495212']
Yes, done.
[/quote]

[AnneLine]

[b]NOVENA, DAY TWO:[/b]

SHORT VERSION: [url="http://www.desatadora.com.ar/novena-i.htm"][color=#0000FF]http://www.desatadora.com.ar/novena-i.htm[/color][/url]

[indent=1][b][font=Verdana]Prayer to the Virgin Mary as Untier of Knots[/font][/b]

[font=Verdana]Holy Mary, full of the presence of God, during your life[/font]
[font=Verdana]you accepted with great humility the holy will of the father[/font]
[font=Verdana]and the legacy of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, and evil[/font]
[font=Verdana]never dared to entangle you with its confusion. Since then[/font]
[font=Verdana]you have interceded for all of our difficulties as you did[/font]
[font=Verdana]at the wedding feast of Cana. With all simplicity and with[/font]
[font=Verdana]patience, you have given us an example of how to untangle[/font]
[font=Verdana]the knots in our complicated lives. By being our mother[/font]
[font=Verdana]forever you arrange and make clear the path that unites us[/font]
[font=Verdana]to Our Lord.[/font]

[font=Verdana]Holy Mary, Mother of God and ours, with your maternal heart,[/font]
[font=Verdana]untie the knots that upset our lives. We ask you to receive[/font]
[font=Verdana]into your hands (here mention your prayer request) and[/font]
[font=Verdana]deliver us from the chains and confusion that restrain us.[/font]
[font=Verdana]Blessed Virgin Mary, through your grace, your intercession[/font]
[font=Verdana]and by your example, deliver us from evil, and untie the[/font]
[font=Verdana]knots that keep us from being united to God. So that free[/font]
[font=Verdana]of all confusion and error, we may find him in all things,[/font]
[font=Verdana]keep him in our hearts, and serve him always in our[/font]
[font=Verdana]brothers and sisters. Mother of Good Counsel pray for us.[/font]
[font=Verdana]Amen.[/font][/indent]

[font=Tahoma]We begin with our daily prayers, making the Sign of the Cross and praying the Act of Contrition so that God will enter our hearts, and he will brings us near to the Virgin Mary.[/font]

[b][font=Tahoma]The Sign of the Cross[/font][/b]

[b][font=Tahoma]Act of Contrition[/font][/b]

[font=Tahoma]Blessed Virgin Mary, the one who unties the knots, in marriage, in people and of nations, I offer you this novena[/font]
[font=Tahoma]requesting the following intentions:[/font]

[font=Tahoma](mention here the favors that you wish to obtain)[/font]


[font=Tahoma][b][size="2"]Second day:[/size][/b] [/font]
[font=Tahoma] [/font]
[font=Tahoma][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Bible reading:[/size][/font] [/font]
[font=Tahoma][font="Tahoma"] [/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]...« And the Angel said to her in reply, ”The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the most High will[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.[/size][/font] [font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]( Luke 1, 35 )[/size][/font] [/font]
[font=Tahoma] [/font]
[font=Tahoma][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"][size="3"][font=Tahoma](Brief meditation: meditate with one decade of the Holy Rosary: One Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, One Glory be and[/font]
[font=Tahoma]the Prayer to “The Virgin Mary untier of Knots”)[/font]

[font=Tahoma][b]Our Father[/b][/font]

[b][font=Tahoma]The Hail Mary[/font][/b]

[b][font=Tahoma]Glory Be[/font][/b][/size][/size][/font][/font]



[font=Tahoma][font="Tahoma"][size="3"]~~~~~ + + + ~~~~~ [/size][/font][/font]

[AnneLine]

[i][color=#0000FF][size=5]For those who prefer to do the full 5 decade Rosary Novena - it is very beautiful and very powerful:[/size][/color][size=3][color=#0000FF] [/color][/size][/i]


[color=#0000FF][b][color="#222222"]NOVENA, DAY TWO:[/color][/b]

LONG VERSION: [/color][url="http://www.theholyrosary.org/maryundoerknots"][color=#0000FF]http://www.theholyrosary.org/maryundoerknots[/color][/url]


[color=#0000FF]1. Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.

3. Say the first 3 decades of the Rosary.

4. Make the meditation of the day (to be posted each day)

5. Say the last 2 decades of the rosary

6. Finish with the Prayer to Our Lady the Undoer of Knots



Meditation for Day 2

[img]http://www.theholyrosary.org/images/maryknot2.png[/img]
Mary, Beloved Mother, channel of all grace, I return to You today my heart, recognizing that I am a sinner in need of your help. Many times I lose the graces you grant me because of my sins of egoism, pride, rancor and my lack of generosity and humility. I turn to You today, Mary, Undoer of knots, for You to ask your Son Jesus to grant me a pure, divested, humble and trusting heart. I will live today practicing these virtues and offering you this as a sign of my love for You. I entrust into Your hands this knot (...describe) which keeps me from reflecting the glory of God.

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me[i].

Mary offered all the moments of her day to God.[/i][/color]

[color=#0000FF]PRAYER TO MARY, UNDOER OF KNOTS (Closing Prayer)

Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life. [/color]
[color=#0000FF] [/color]
[color=#0000FF]You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]No one, not even the Evil One himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into [/color]
[color=#0000FF]your hands today this knot...I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all, You are my hope. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution and with Christ the freedom from my chains.
Hear my plea. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!

[b]Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me[/b][/color]
[color=#0000FF] [/color]

Edited October 20, 2012 by AnneLine

[krissylou]

As a knitter who ends up spending too much time trying to untangle things, I believe that I will adopt this devotion as one of my favorites.

:knit:

[AnneLine]

I love it as well -- she has an honored place in our living room....and I know she has helped ot resolve some serious things that were keeping me from using my counseling gifts.... things that need to be acknowledged, unknotted, and let go.....

Mater, I shared this novena with the Secular who gave me the gift nearly 20 years ago last evening... and she will be praying for you -- and for all of our knotty problems -- as well.

[center]~~~ + ~~~[/center]

Interesting article on Our Lady, Undoer of Knots here -- pasted below for thoughtful prayer:

[url="http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/features/mary_undoer_of_knots/"]http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/features/mary_undoer_of_knots/[/url]

[b]Mary, Undoer of Knots [/b]
[b]Where to Turn When All Else Fails [/b]

by Lori Hadacek Chaplinin [url="http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/features/category/faith/"]Faith[/url] on Friday, March 16, 2012 12:31 PM
[img]http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/images/dailyBlog/blog/cache/rsz_heart_knot-300x194.jpg[/img]

I once heard one of my favorite theologians, the late Father John Hardon, say in one of his audiotape series that there are no coincidences in life — that everything happens for a reason. Consequently, when I was introduced to a new Marian devotion, I felt it was revealed to me at that time for a purpose.

I had been asking God and the Blessed Mother to help heal a rift between me and an extended family member. Per usual, I had allowed my all-too-quick tongue to say something that I hadn’t really meant to say — something an apology would not easily mend.

The devotion that came to my attention is called [i]Mary, Undoer of Knots[/i]. When I first heard this unusual title for Mary I thought, like many of her titles, it was referring to an apparition site. A little research clarified that this devotion stemmed from an action of Mary, an action of her undoing or untying knots, not an apparition.

The “knots” in Our Lady’s title refer to anything that separates us from God and our fellow man. I immediately thought of the knot of division in my family that had been weighing heavily on my heart.

There is [url="http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/77/Mary-Untier-of-Knots-1.jpg"]a beautiful image associated with the Mary, Undoer of Knots[/url] which especially drew me to this devotion. It’s a Baroque-style painting done in the 1700s by an unknown painter (though recently alleged to be painted by a German artist named Johann Georg Melchior Schmidtner) depicting the Virgin Mary dressed resplendently in crimson and deep blue. In her hands is a knotted white ribbon, which she is serenely untying with the cooperation of two angels. Above her head is the approving and guiding presence of the Holy Spirit. Crushed under her feet is the head of the serpent with a coiled and knotted body. The painting is still housed in St. Peter Church in Perlach, Germany.

The artwork appears to have been based on a reference to the Blessed Virgin as the “untier” of knots by Saint Irenaeus. In his writings titled Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies), the Bishop contemplates Saint Paul’s parallel between Adam and Christ, comparing Eve and the Virgin Mary, saying:

[i]“Eve, by her disobedience, tied the knot of disgrace for the human race; whereas Mary, by Her obedience, undid it…For what the virgin Eve had bound fast through unbelief, this did the Virgin Mary set free through faith.” [/i]

[b]Spreading Devotion [/b]

Since 1998, devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots has spread through the work of Denis and Dr. Suzel Frem Bourgerie — particularly in South America. Dr. Bourgerie published a booklet titled [url="http://www.maryundoerofknots.com/novena.htm"]Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena[/url] with nihil obstat and imprimatur. Later the couple founded the [url="http://www.maryundoerofknots.com/sanctuary.htm"]National Sanctuary of Mary Undoer of Knots[/url] in Campinas (Sao Paulo) Brazil. In 2006, the shrine was inaugurated.

In her booklet, Dr. Bourgerie’s writes about the knots each of us suffer. [i]“How they suffocate the soul, beat us down, betray the heart’s joy and even the will to continue living.”[/i] She goes on to say: [i]“… The Virgin Mary does not want this to continue anymore in your life. She comes to you today for you to give her all these snarls because she will undo them one by one.”[/i]
I’d like to say that after saying the Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena there was a miraculous mending of the familial rift, but it has actually been a much slower process. I am comforted knowing that I have turned over my problem to the most patient of knot untiers, Our Lady.

[i]—Senior writer Lori Hadacek Chaplin is a wife and mother of three.[/i]

[AnneLine]

[b]NOVENA, DAY THREE:[/b]

SHORT VERSION: [url="http://www.desatadora.com.ar/novena-i.htm"][color=#0000FF]http://www.desatadora.com.ar/novena-i.htm[/color][/url]


[indent=1][b][font=Verdana]Prayer to the Virgin Mary as Untier of Knots[/font][/b]

[font=Verdana]Holy Mary, full of the presence of God, during your life[/font]
[font=Verdana]you accepted with great humility the holy will of the father[/font]
[font=Verdana]and the legacy of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, and evil[/font]
[font=Verdana]never dared to entangle you with its confusion. Since then[/font]
[font=Verdana]you have interceded for all of our difficulties as you did[/font]
[font=Verdana]at the wedding feast of Cana. With all simplicity and with[/font]
[font=Verdana]patience, you have given us an example of how to untangle[/font]
[font=Verdana]the knots in our complicated lives. By being our mother[/font]
[font=Verdana]forever you arrange and make clear the path that unites us[/font]
[font=Verdana]to Our Lord.[/font]

[font=Verdana]Holy Mary, Mother of God and ours, with your maternal heart,[/font]
[font=Verdana]untie the knots that upset our lives. We ask you to receive[/font]
[font=Verdana]into your hands (here mention your prayer request) and[/font]
[font=Verdana]deliver us from the chains and confusion that restrain us.[/font]
[font=Verdana]Blessed Virgin Mary, through your grace, your intercession[/font]
[font=Verdana]and by your example, deliver us from evil, and untie the[/font]
[font=Verdana]knots that keep us from being united to God. So that free[/font]
[font=Verdana]of all confusion and error, we may find him in all things,[/font]
[font=Verdana]keep him in our hearts, and serve him always in our[/font]
[font=Verdana]brothers and sisters. Mother of Good Counsel pray for us.[/font]
[font=Verdana]Amen.[/font][/indent]

[font=Tahoma]We begin with our daily prayers, making the Sign of the Cross and praying the Act of Contrition so that God will enter our hearts, and he will brings us near to the Virgin Mary.[/font]

[b][font=Tahoma]The Sign of the Cross[/font][/b]

[b][font=Tahoma]Act of Contrition[/font][/b]

[font=Tahoma]Blessed Virgin Mary, the one who unties the knots, in marriage, in people and of nations, I offer you this novena[/font]
[font=Tahoma]requesting the following intentions:[/font]

[font=Tahoma](mention here the favors that you wish to obtain)[/font]



[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b][size="2"]Third day:[/size][/b] [/size][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font="Tahoma"] [/font][/size][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Bible reading:[/size][/font] [/size][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font="Tahoma"] [/font][/size][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]«[/size][/font][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Mary said, “ Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"] [/font][/size][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]“[/size][/font][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Then the Angel departed from her.” » ( Luke 1, 38 )[/size][/font] [/size][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font="Tahoma"] [/font][/size][/font][/font]
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[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]T[/size][/font][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]he Virgin Mary meekly undergoes the designs of God, alt-hough with certain reservations. ".. How can this beif[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]I do not know man?…she accepts, with some concerns. How many doubts will we have when we have moved[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]away from God, and in our mistakes, we have knitted a useless cobweb of knots. Let us give our griefs to the[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]counsel of Mary.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/font]

[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font=Tahoma](Brief meditation: meditate with one decade of the Holy Rosary: One Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, One Glory be and[/font]
[font=Tahoma]the Prayer to “The Virgin Mary untier of Knots”)[/font][/size][/font][/font][/font][/font][font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][font=Tahoma][b]Our Father[/b][/font]

[b][font=Tahoma]The Hail Mary[/font][/b]

[b][font=Tahoma]Glory Be[/font][/b][/size][/font][/font]



[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3]~~~~~ + + + ~~~~~ [/size][/font][/font]

[AnneLine]

[i][color=#0000FF][size=5]For those who prefer to do the full 5 decade Rosary Novena - it is very beautiful and very powerful:[/size][/color][size=3][color=#0000FF] [/color][/size][/i]


[color=#0000FF][b]NOVENA, DAY ONE:[/b]

LONG VERSION: [/color][url="http://www.theholyrosary.org/maryundoerknots"][color=#0000FF]http://www.theholyrosary.org/maryundoerknots[/color][/url]

[color=#0000FF]1. Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.
[i]Oh my God I am heartily sorry for having offended you. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell. But most of all, because I offended you, oh my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen[/i]

3. Say the first 3 decades of the Rosary.

4. Make the meditation of the day (to be posted each day)

5. Say the last 2 decades of the rosary

6. Finish with the [/color][color=#0000FF]Prayer to Our Lady the Undoer of Knots[/color]


[color=#0000FF][size=5][b]Meditation for Day 3 [/b][/size]

Meditating Mother, Queen of heaven, in whose hands the treasures of the King are found, turn your merciful eyes upon me today. I entrust into your holy hands this knot in my life...and allthe rancor and resentment it has caused in me. I ask Your forgiveness, God teh Father, for my sin. Help me now to forgive all the persons who consciously or unconsciously provoked this knot. Give me, also, the grace to forgive me for having provoked this knot. Only in this way can You undo it. Before You, dearest Mother, and in the name of Your Son Jesus, my Savior, who has suffered so many offenses, having been granted forgiveness, I now forgive these persons...and myself, forever. Thank you, Mary, Undoer of Knots for undoing the knot of rancor in my heart and the knot which I now present to you. Amen.

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.

[b][i]Turn to Mary, you who desire grace.[/i][/b][/color]


[color=#0000FF]PRAYER TO MARY, UNDOER OF KNOTS (Closing Prayer)

Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life.[/color]

[color=#0000FF]You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]No one, not even the Evil One himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot...I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all, You are my hope. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution and with Christ the freedom from my chains. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Hear my plea. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Keep me, guide me, protect me, O safe refuge!

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me[/color]

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Edited October 21, 2012 by AnneLine

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[b]NOVENA, DAY FOUR:[/b]

SHORT VERSION: [url="http://www.desatadora.com.ar/novena-i.htm"][color=#0000FF]http://www.desatadora.com.ar/novena-i.htm[/color][/url]



[indent=1][b][font=Verdana]Prayer to the Virgin Mary as Untier of Knots[/font][/b]

[font=Verdana]Holy Mary, full of the presence of God, during your life[/font]
[font=Verdana]you accepted with great humility the holy will of the father[/font]
[font=Verdana]and the legacy of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, and evil[/font]
[font=Verdana]never dared to entangle you with its confusion. Since then[/font]
[font=Verdana]you have interceded for all of our difficulties as you did[/font]
[font=Verdana]at the wedding feast of Cana. With all simplicity and with[/font]
[font=Verdana]patience, you have given us an example of how to untangle[/font]
[font=Verdana]the knots in our complicated lives. By being our mother[/font]
[font=Verdana]forever you arrange and make clear the path that unites us[/font]
[font=Verdana]to Our Lord.[/font]

[font=Verdana]Holy Mary, Mother of God and ours, with your maternal heart,[/font]
[font=Verdana]untie the knots that upset our lives. We ask you to receive[/font]
[font=Verdana]into your hands (here mention your prayer request) and[/font]
[font=Verdana]deliver us from the chains and confusion that restrain us.[/font]
[font=Verdana]Blessed Virgin Mary, through your grace, your intercession[/font]
[font=Verdana]and by your example, deliver us from evil, and untie the[/font]
[font=Verdana]knots that keep us from being united to God. So that free[/font]
[font=Verdana]of all confusion and error, we may find him in all things,[/font]
[font=Verdana]keep him in our hearts, and serve him always in our[/font]
[font=Verdana]brothers and sisters. Mother of Good Counsel pray for us.[/font]
[font=Verdana]Amen.[/font][/indent]

[b][font=Tahoma]We begin with our daily prayers, making the Sign of the Cross and praying the Act of Contrition so that God will enter our hearts, and he will brings us near to the Virgin Mary.[/font]

[b][font=Tahoma]The Sign of the Cross[/font][/b]

[b][font=Tahoma]Act of Contrition[/font][/b]

[font=Tahoma]Blessed Virgin Mary, the one who unties the knots, in marriage, in people and of nations, I offer you this novena[/font]
[font=Tahoma]requesting the following intentions:[/font]

[font=Tahoma](mention here the favors that you wish to obtain)[/font][/b]



[b][font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Fourth day:[/size][/font][/b]

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[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b][size=2][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Bible reading:[/size][/font] [/size][/b][/size][/font][/font]
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[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b][size=2][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]«[/size][/font][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"] 15 When the angels had left them and gone back to heaven, the[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]shepherds said to one another, "Let us go as far as Bethlehem and[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]see what the Lord has made known to us." 16 So they came[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]hurriedly and found Mary and Joseph with the baby lying in the[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]manger. 17 On seeing this they related what they had been told[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]about the child, 18 and all were astonished on hearing the[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]shepherds.19 As for Mary, she treasured all these messages[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]and continually pondered over them.» (Luke 2, 15-19)[/size][/font] [/size][/b][/size][/font][/font]

[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b][size=2][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Brief Reflection:[/size][/font] [/size][/b][/size][/font][/font]
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[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b][size=2][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]T[/size][/font][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]hey went to Bethlehem, where they found the Child, “The word made flesh", the only Truth. Let us walk through[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]our desert, that with the guidence of the Archangel Raphael, that we may come closer to Mary Mother of the[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Church, and with her to Jesus. Little by little, the knots of error that make us prisoners will be untied.[/size][/font]
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[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b][size=2][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]“[/size][/font][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]The Truth shall set us free”. Let us walk in confidence towards our liberation.”[/size][/font] [/size][/b][/size][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b][size=2][font="Tahoma"] [/font][/size][/b][/size][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b][size=2][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]([/size][/font][font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]Brief meditation: meditate with one decade of the Holy Rosary: One Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, One Glory be[/size][/font]
[font="Tahoma"][size="-1"]and the Prayer to “Our Virgin Mary untier of Knots”)[/size][/font] [/size][/b][/size][/font][/font]
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[font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3][b]Our Father[/b]

[b][font=Tahoma]The Hail Mary[/font][/b]

[b][font=Tahoma]Glory Be[/font][/b][/size][/font][/font][font=Tahoma][font=Tahoma][size=3]~~~~~ + + + ~~~~~ [/size][/font][/font]

[AnneLine]

[i][color=#0000FF][size=5]For those who prefer to do the full 5 decade Rosary Novena - it is very beautiful and very powerful:[/size][/color][size=3][color=#0000FF] [/color][/size][/i]


[color=#0000FF][b]NOVENA, DAY FOUR:[/b]

LONG VERSION: [/color][url="http://www.theholyrosary.org/maryundoerknots"][color=#0000FF]http://www.theholyrosary.org/maryundoerknots[/color][/url]

[color=#0000FF]1. Make the sign of the cross

2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again.
[i]Oh my God I am heartily sorry for having offended you. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell. But most of all, because I offended you, oh my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen[/i]

3. Say the first 3 decades of the Rosary.

4. Make the meditation of the day (to be posted each day)

5. Say the last 2 decades of the rosary

6. Finish with the [/color][color=#0000FF]Prayer to Our Lady the Undoer of Knots[/color]


[color=#0000FF][size=5][b]Meditation for Day 4[/b][/size]


Dearest Holy Mother, you are generous with all who seek you, have mercy on me. I entrust into your hands this knot which robs the peace of my heart, paralyzes my soul and keeps me from going to my Lord and serving Him with my life.
Undo this knot in my love...., O mother, and ask Jesus to heal my paralytic faith which gets down hearted with the stones on the road. Along with you, dearest Mother, may I see these stones as friends. Not murmuring against them anymore but giving endless thanks for them, may I smile trustingly in your power.

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.

[i]Mary is the Sun and no one is deprived of her warmth.[/i][/color]



[color=#0000FF]PRAYER TO MARY, UNDOER OF KNOTS (Closing Prayer)

Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life.
You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]No one, not even the Evil One himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot...I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all, You are my hope. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution and with Christ the freedom from my chains. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Hear my plea. [/color]

[color=#0000FF]Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me[/color]

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