Mary Undoer of Knots Novena - Unfailing Novena Prayer

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Day 1 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mother of Mercy, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to grow in merciful love. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to be merciful to others, realizing that they, too, have knots in their life that they are struggling with.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Day 2 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mary, Seat of Wisdom, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to grow in wisdom. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to use this wisdom to counsel others, when prudent, that they might more easily see how to untie the knots in their lives.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Day 3 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mother of Purity, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to grow in purity. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to be freed from all lustful sins and help others who struggle with them.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Day 4 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mother of Fair Love, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to grow in charity. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to love others with unselfish, heroic charity.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Day 5 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mary, Queen of Peace, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to maintain Christ’s peace in all situations. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to not be disturbed and discouraged, no matter the circumstances that I find myself in.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Day 6 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mary, Mother of Justice, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to act justly toward God and neighbor. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to give each person their due, and to pray each day as is just to so great a God.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Day 7 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mary, Queen of the family, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to be a blessing in my family. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to show God’s love to my family and in each family with whom I am blessed to interact.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Day 8 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mary, Untier of Knots, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to see all the knots in my life that try to separate me from God. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to give each knot to God and allow Him to undo it.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Day 9 Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Intro Prayer

Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during the day of your life, you accepted with full humility the Father’s will, and the devil was never capable of tying you up with his confusion.

Once with your Son you interceded for our difficulties, and full of kindness and patience, you gave us example of how to untie the knots in our life. By remaining forever Our Mother, you put in order and make more clear the ties that link us to the Lord.

Holy Mother, Mother of God and our Mother, to you who untie with a motherly heart the knots of our life, I ask for you to undo this knot: (mention request here).

Through your grace, your intercession and your example deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find Him in all things, may have our hearts placed in Him, and may serve Him always in our brothers and sisters.

(Make an Act of Contrition)

Daily Prayer

Mary, Queen of Heaven, look with kindness upon me, your poor child, and obtain for me the grace to die in sanctifying grace. Through your maternal intercession with your Son, Jesus Christ, help me to avoid mortal sin and lead others to conversion and salvation.

Concluding Prayer

Through your grace, your intercession, and your example, deliver us from all evil, Our Lady, and untie the knots that prevent us from being united with God, so that we, free from sin and error, may find him in all things may have our hearts placed in him and may serve him always in our brothers and sisters.

Mother of fair love, I look to you. Take into your hands the ribbon of my life, and see the snarl of knots that keeps me bound to sin, anxiety, and hopelessness. I beg you, Mother, by your powerful intercession and long fingers of love and grace, undo the knots in my heart and in my life. Free me to love as Christ loves. Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.

Answered Prayers From This Novena

I prayed the novena to Our Lady undoer of knots because my daughter was in a terrible relationship.

I got answers to my prayers. This novena is so powerful that I do it nine days of every month.

from M.O.

I prayed this novena for my son and his mental health. I haven’t talk to him for over two months and today the last day of my novena he called to apologize. Praise be Jesus Christ and his loving Mother.

from K.C.

Thank you Mary, Thank you Lord.

We prayed this for my nephew, who was in a very difficult situation with mental health, and his girlfriend.

He was freed of the binds that didn’t allow him to feel better, or see his daughter.

He is with her right now, having a wonderful time.

We are so very blessed.

Thank you, God Bless all.

from C.M.

I prayed this novena and one of petition was to receive payment from a certain client where there was a communication breakdown.

I received a call first day and someone followed up the payment and it was paid within 7 days.Glory to Almighty God and intercession of Mary Undoer of knots for answered prayers.

from C.K.

I was failing my Association of chartered certified accountants exams.

I prayed this novena and passed the exams!

from S.S.

I prayed this novena so my elderly mother could go home from months of surgery, rehab, and an ALF.

And my sister agreed to take her back to her home and care for her. I am always so grateful to our blessed Mother Mary!

from F.R.

I wanted to buy a vehicle, but it was difficult because of my poor credit score.

But after the 7th day of praying this novena, I received an email that I can buy a motor vehicle!

Mary undoer of knots, I trust in you and please continue to undo other knots in my life.

from F.M.

I suffered many heartbreaking losses in a very short time, including the loss of my husband, to cancer and it complete destroyed my family. I lost my beloved daughter and grandson to greed.

At the same time I lost one of my dearest friends to a heart attack and was forced to sell my home quickly and move in with my son and his wife in another city. I was completely broken, mind, body, and spirit.

I felt I was in a deep, dark hole with no way out. The grief was intolerableand as a result I finally lost me completely. I felt like an empty vessel.

I went about my normal life, including weekly Mass and other daily activities - my faith was the only thing that kept me alive and yet inside I ceased to exist.

Last week I prayed this novena to Our Lady Undoer of Knots and by the 8th day I felt myself returning.

I felt it mentally and physically and spiritually.

My 9th day consisted of thanks, and prayers that I continue to be me and fulfill the great plan God, my Father, has created me for.

This vessel is full and alive again, with no fear because I know through her intercession, God, our Father, Jesus their Son and the gifts of the Holy Ghost.

I am alive and on the path to fulfilling my Father’s plan for me. Thank you Mother Mary, Undoer of Knots for undoing the tremendous harm that had been caused and bring me back to life. I love you with all my being and I am at your service. May I be an instrument in others others to you and the Blessed Trinity in gratitude to you.

from R.R.

Thank you for this novena. I needed a doctor appointment in Canada and got it through this novena.

Thank you, Our Lady and thank you, Novena prayer warriors!

from D.M.

I prayed this novena to find a home that I could afford to rent, and thanks be to God, my prayer was answered.

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More About Mary, Undoer of Knots

The great Church Father St. Irenaeus of Lyons, writing in the second century, laid the foundation for the Mary Undoer of Knots devotion when he said: ‘The knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed by the obedience of Mary. For what the virgin Eve had bound fast through unbelief, this did the virgin Mary set free through faith.’

In the Bible, St. Paul contrasted the disobedience of Adam with the obedience of Christ, the New Adam. Similarly, St. Irenaeus in his seminal work, Against Heresies, portrayed the parallel between Eve’s disobedience and the Virgin Mary’s faithful obedience, through which the knot of sin and death was undone.

This novena has grown in popularity over the past several centuries, most recently with Pope Francis’s devotion to it.

Let’s look at how this unique devotion developed.

Johann Melchior Georg Schmittdner (1625-1707) painted the famous Baroque image of Mary Undoer of Knots with great grace. In the painting, our Lady is holding a ribbon and untying knots in it. She is in Heaven, surrounded by angels, and stands on a crescent moon while crushing the head of the serpent (the devil). The Holy Spirit, through the image of a dove, flies above her head.

The striking simplicity and beauty of the image is one of the reasons that many are drawn to this devotion. Beginning in 1700 AD, the image has been venerated in the Church of St. Peter in Perlach (Augsburg, Germany).

The Knots in Our Lives

We each have knots in our life: emotional wounds, fractured relationships, deaths of loved ones, personal problems that we cannot overcome, addictions, habitual sins, fears, sickness, and so many more.

These knots build up over time and can lead us to feel helpless, powerless, and hopeless about ever overcoming them.

This is where Mary Undoer of Knots comes in, to pray for us as only she can, with intercession that is unfailing, so that our Lord can heal us from these knots. Our Lady knows the struggles and pains that we face. She is our Mother, given to us by God, and for her honor and God’s glory she will obtain for us the untying of all our knots, if we but approach her faithfully, believing that God can and will deliver us.

Pope Francis Devotes Himself To It

Pope Francis, in the 1980s while still a priest, came upon this image while traveling and studying in Germany and was instantly struck by it. He returned to Argentina and began to spread the devotion to those around him there, including after he became Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

In the late 1990s, Denis and Suzel Frem Bourgerie published a Mary, Undoer of Knots Novena in a pamphlet, which helped educate people about the devotion and title of our Lady.

The Archdiocese of Campinas granted the couple approval to build a chapel called Mary Gate of Heaven and place a replica of the famous painting in it. The Bourgeries have continued promoting this beautiful devotion to this day.

With the elevation of Pope Francis to the papacy, the devotion has reached new heights of popularity.