Learn how to pray the novena Our Lady Undoer of Knots

The image of Mary undoing the knots symbolizes the importance of superior help so that problems can be resolved. Therefore, the novena is an act of surrender and trust, which seeks blessings and guidance.

You can start novena Our Lady Undoer of Knots on any day, whenever you feel the need, but many people bet on August 15th, when the saint is celebrated.

The ritual is simple. Look for a quiet place, breathe deeply until you calm down and make the sign of the cross. Reflect on your attitudes that were not positive and say: “My God, I regret, with all my heart, having offended you, because you are so good and kind. I promise, with the help of your grace, I will never sin again. My Jesus, mercy!”

Pray the first three decades of the rosary, read the text referring to the day of the novena, complete the two decades of the rosary and finish with the supplication to Our Lady (available at the end of this article).

1st day: “Dear Holy Mother, most holy Mary, who unties the knots that suffocate your children, extend your hands of mercy to me. I give you this knot today [colocar a intenção] and all the negative consequences it causes in my life. I give you this knot, which torments me and makes me unhappy and prevents me from uniting myself more with you and your Son Jesus, my Savior. I turn to you, Mary Undoer of Us, because I trust and know that you never despise the sinful son who comes to ask you for help. I believe that you can untie this knot because everything is given to you by Jesus. I believe that you want to untie the knot because you are my Mother. I believe that you will do so because you love me with eternal love. Thank you, dear Mother.”

2nd day: “Mary, beloved Mother, dispenser of all graces, I return my heart to you today, recognizing myself as a sinner and in need of your help. Many times, I end up losing the graces you grant me because of my sin of selfishness, pride, resentment and lack of generosity and humility. I turn to you today, Mary Undoer of Knots, in order to ask your son Jesus for a pure, stripped, humble and trusting heart. I will live today practicing these virtues and I will offer them as a sign of my love for you. I place this knot in your hands [colocar a intenção]which prevents me from reflecting the glory of God.”

3rd day: “Mother Mediatrix, Queen of Heaven, in whose hands the King’s riches are found, turn your merciful eyes to me today. I trust in your holy hands this knot in my life, and all the resentment and resentment that it causes in me. I ask forgiveness from you, and from God the Father, for my sin. Help me now to forgive all the people who, consciously or unconsciously, caused this knot. Also give me the grace to forgive myself for causing this knot. Only then will you be able to untie it. Before you, dear Mother, and in the name of your Son Jesus, my Savior, to whom so many offenses were done, having been granted forgiveness, I now forgive these people and I forgive myself forever. Thank you, Maria Undoer of Knots, for untying the knot of resentment in my heart and the knot that I now present to you. Amen.”

4th day: “Dear Holy Mother, generous to all who seek you, have mercy on me. I trust in your hands this knot that steals peace from my heart, that paralyzes my soul and prevents me from walking towards my Lord and serving him with my life. Untie this knot in my life, Mother, and ask Jesus to heal my paralyzed faith, which allows itself to be defeated by the obstacles along the way. Walking with you, dear Mother, may I see these stones as friends, may I no longer murmur and learn to give thanks without ceasing and smile confident in your power.”

5th day: “Mother Undoer of Knots, generous and compassionate, I come to You, today, to renew the surrender of this knot [colocar a intenção] in my life and ask you for divine wisdom to act under the light of the Holy Spirit in this tangle of problems. No one has ever seen you angry. On the contrary, your words were so full of sweetness that the Holy Spirit was recognized in your mouth. Take away from me the bitterness, the anger, the hatred that this knot caused me. Give me, dear Mother, your sweetness, your wisdom, reflecting everything in silence, in your heart. And as you were at Pentecost, pray to Jesus so that I receive a new breath of the Holy Spirit at this moment in my life. Holy Spirit, come upon me!”

6th day: “Queen of Mercy, I entrust this knot of my life to you and I beg you to give me a heart of waiting while you untie it. Teach me to persevere in the living word of Jesus, in the Eucharist, in the sacrament of confession. Finally, stay with me and prepare my heart to celebrate with the angels this grace already granted to me. Amen. Hallelujah!”

7th day: “Most Pure Mother, I come to you today to beg you to undo this knot in my life and free me from the traps of Evil. God has granted you great power over all demons. I renounce them all today, every connection I had with them and I proclaim Jesus as my only Lord and Savior. Maria Undoer of Knots, crush the head of the evil one in my life and destroy the traps they made for me, causing this knot. Thank you, dear Mother. Most Precious Blood of Jesus, free me!”

8th day; “Virgin Mother of God, rich in mercy, have mercy on your son and untie this knot in my life. I need your visit in my life, like you visited Isabel. Bring me Jesus, bring me the Holy Spirit. Teach me to practice the virtues of courage, joy, humility, faith, and like Isabel, be filled with the Holy Spirit. Make me tremble with joy in your womb, Mary. I consecrate you as my Mother, my Queen, my friend. I give you my heart and everything that belongs to me (my home, my family, my external and internal possessions). I’m yours forever. Place your heart in me, so that I can do everything Jesus tells me.”

9th day: “Holy Mary, our lawyer, Undoer of Knots, I come today to thank you for untying this knot in my life. You know well the suffering he causes me. Thank you for coming, Mother, with your long fingers of mercy, to dry the tears from my eyes, to welcome me into your arms and to make me the recipient of yet another divine grace. Maria Undoer of Knots, Dear Mother, I thank you for untying the knots in my life. Cover me with your mantle of love, keep me in your protection, illuminate me with your peace! Amen.”

“Holy Mary Mother of God, You who, as a woman and mother, responded to God: “May Your will be done”, infect us with this strength, the strength of Your Faith and Your Love.

Mary, I come to You, full of pain, crying my suffering in the arms of a Mother who always listens, who supports everything, who believes everything.

Believe, my Mother, believe in my pain and my anguish; what a mother would not do for her child; What would you, Mary, my Mother, not do for me?

I ask you only to listen to me, that my supplications reach You, and that You take them to the Beloved Son and that you intercede for me. May I also say: “Yes, Lord, may Your will be done.” Give me, Mary, the ability to accept the plans that the Lord has for me.

Mary, guide me, protect me, untie the tangle of my problems. Only You free, only You untie, only You and Your Son can free me from the oppression with which I live, of which I am aware that only we, men, are the ones who stumble in our day to day journey, and we are the ones who get entangled in ties of pride, arrogance, misunderstanding, lack of charity and solidarity.

Therefore, I turn to You, Mary, my Mother, to free me and untie the knots that prevent me from being happy and being closer to You and Your Son. So that, with persevering prayer, we bend our hard hearts and rise to a more generous world.

Mary, hear my prayers. Amen.”