AnneLine Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) [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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 [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 Knotsâ€)[/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] ~~~~~ + + + ~~~~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 [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] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 AnneLine, I can't tell you how much this means to me. Thank you so much for starting this novena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
she_who_is_not Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Praying for you Mater! This is a very powerful novena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Praying.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed&Grateful Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Mater praying and you are well loved here but more importantly by Him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spem in alium Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Prayers, Mater. This is a beautiful novena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 [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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inperpetuity Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Yes, done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 [quote name='inperpetuity' timestamp='1350701907' post='2495212'] Yes, done. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 [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, â€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 Knotsâ€)[/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] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) [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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissylou Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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