Mary, Undoer of Knots

Prayer to Mary, Undoer of Knots

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, Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of knots in the lives of His children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life. 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. Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with your Son and my Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot.

(Mention your request here)

I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all. You are my hope. 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. Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me. Amen.

Join me in praying the Novena to Mary, Undoer of Knots.  You can get reminders and daily prayers at: Pray More Novenas

Stations of the Cross - Good Friday

The First Station  

Jesus Is Condemned to Death

The Second Station

Jesus Takes Up His Cross

The Third Station

Jesus Falls the First Time

The Fourth Station

Jesus Meets His Mother

The Fifth Station

Simon of Cyrene Helps Carry the Cross

The Sixth Station 

Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

The Seventh Station 

Jesus Falls the Second Time

The Eighth Station

Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

The Eighth Station

(the women on the other side of the pathway)

The Ninth Station 

Jesus Falls the Third Time

The Tenth Station

Jesus is Stripped of His Garments

The Eleventh Station 

Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

The Twelfth Station

Jesus Dies on the Cross

The Thirteenth Station

Jesus Is Taken Down From the Cross

The Fourteenth Station 

Jesus is Laid in the Tomb

The Fifteenth Station 

Jesus Rises From the Dead

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you,

Because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.  

These are photos taken at different times of the year at Queen Of Peace Catholic Church in 

Aurora,  Colorado.  Every Good Friday, I pray the Stations of the Cross here.  The final photo was taken later in the year, with the rose bushes in full bloom.  

Maundy Thursday

Luke 22:19-20

19 And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 20 And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.

The Fifteenth Prayer of St. Bridget

Fresco by Fra Angelico, Dominican monastery at San Marco, Florence,

 showing the lance piercing the side of Jesus on the cross (c. 1440)

O JESUS! True and fruitful Vine! Be mindful of the overflowing and abundant outpouring of Thy Blood which Thou didst pour forth copiously, like wine pressed from grapes, when upon the wine press of the Cross Thou didst tread alone 

(Isa. 63:3), and when Thy side was pierced with a soldier's lance, thou didst give us blood and water to drink which issued forth until there was not left in Thy Body a single drop. Then at last, like a bundle of myrrh lifted to the top of the Cross,Thy delicate Flesh was destroyed, the very Substance of Thy Body withered, and the Marrow of Thy Bones dried up.

Through Thy most bitter Passion and though the outpouring of Thy Precious Blood, I beg of Thee, oh Sweet Jesus, to receive my soul in the agony of my death. Amen.

Our Father. Hail Mary.