Prayers

The Angelus

This prayer is traditionally recited upon rising 6 a.m., at 12 o’clock noon, and at 6 o’clock in the evening.

L - Leader, R - Responder

L - The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary

R - And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

All - recite the “Hail Mary”

L - Behold the handmaid of the Lord

R - Be done unto me according to Thy word

All - recite the “Hail Mary”

L - And the word was made flesh

R - And dwelt among us

All - recite the “Hail Mary”

L - Pray for us Holy Mother of God

R - That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

L - Let us pray

All - Lord fill our hearts with Your love, and as You revealed to us by an Angel, the coming of Your Son as man. So lead us through His suffering and death. To the glory of His resurrection, for He lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen.

The Magnificat

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior, for He has looked with favor on His lowly servant. “From this day all generations will call me Blessed” for the Almighty has done great things for me. Holy is His name. He has mercy on those who fear Him in every generation. He has shown the strength of His arm. He has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. He has come to the help of His servant Israel for He has remembered His promise of mercy, the promise He made to our ancestors, to Abraham and His children forever, Amen.

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 server your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, case 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 the 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)

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 of my chains. Hear my plea. Keep me, guide me, and protect me, o safe refuge! Mary Undoer of Knots, pray for me. Amen.