Mary Untier of Knots
Feast day, September 28
Let us pray for all having difficulty
with the knots of their lives.
Mary, Untier of Knots, pray for us:
With all struggling families, we pray;
With all beset by financial struggles, we pray;
With all seeking employment, we pray;
With all suffering from mental and physical illness, we pray;
With all bound by political ideologies, we pray;
With all the homeless and the destitute, we pray
With all burdened with loneliness, fears, or worries, we pray;
With all living with addictions, we pray;
With all estranged from the church, we pray;
With all whom the church has abused, we pray;
With all enduring religious or ethnic persecution, we pray;
With all overwhelmed by shame or despair, we pray;
With all traumatized by violence or neglect, we pray;
With all targeted by racism or discrimination, we pray;
With all struggling to let go of grudges, we pray;
With all working to protect our planet, we pray;
With all the suffering in the aftermath of natural disasters;
With all seeking to make peace, we pray;
With confidence in God, let us pray.
Holy Mary, full of grace, during your life, you accepted with great humility the holy will of the Father and the legacy of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. You were never entangled with confusion. As you did for the young couple at the wedding feast of Cana, you intercede for us in all of our difficulties. With simplicity and patience, you have given us an example of how to untangle the knots in our complicated lives. By being our mother forever, you arrange and clear the path that unites us to Our Lord.
PRAYER
Holy Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, untie the knots that beset our lives. Receive us into your hands, as well as those for whom we pray.
Blessed Virgin Mary, through your grace,
your intercession, and by your example,
deliver us from evil,
and untie the knots that keep us from being united to God
so that free of all that binds us,
we may find Him in all things,
keep Him in our hearts,
serving Him always in our brothers and sisters.
Amen.