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    <title>Halt the Donations!!</title>
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    <published>2009-11-16T11:10:54Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-16T11:14:40Z</updated>

    <summary>God bless you all for your help! I do not want to say too much in this public forum or speak prematurely, but I think we have reached a point where I no longer need assistance in this area. I...</summary>
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        <name>Pansy</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>God bless you all for your help! I do not want to say too much  in this public forum or speak prematurely, but I think we have reached a point where I no longer need assistance in this area. I have to ask Peony the Tech Goddess to take the Paypal button down.</p>

<p>Prayers , however, are always appreciated and I think the only reason I am writing this is because so many people have prayed for us.</p>

<p>God bless you all. <br />
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    <title>Hipsters: spoiling everything since the 18th century</title>
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    <id>tag:moss-place.stblogs.org,2009://11.34737</id>

    <published>2009-11-14T02:32:24Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-19T00:53:06Z</updated>

    <summary>Hark! A Vagrant: Hipsters ruin everything, part 1...</summary>
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        <name>Peony Moss</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Hark! A Vagrant: <a href="http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=228">Hipsters ruin everything, part 1</a></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>The Truth about the Spanish Inquisition</title>
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    <published>2009-11-11T14:56:37Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-11T15:00:20Z</updated>

    <summary> Despite popular myth, the Church did not burn heretics. It was the secular authorities that held heresy to be a capital offense. The simple fact is that the medieval Inquisition saved uncounted thousands of innocent (and even not-so-innocent) people...</summary>
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<blockquote><a href="http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=5236">
Despite popular myth, the Church did not burn heretics. It was the secular authorities that held heresy to be a capital offense. The simple fact is that the medieval Inquisition saved uncounted thousands of innocent (and even not-so-innocent) people who would otherwise have been roasted by secular lords or mob rule.</a></blockquote>

<p>HT: <a href="http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2009-11-11-0008/">La Shaidle</a></p>]]>
        
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    <title>NOVENA PRAYERS TO SAINT RITA OF CASCIA</title>
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    <published>2009-11-10T11:43:02Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-10T11:48:42Z</updated>

    <summary>A friend of mine sent this to me, and I found it to be a very beautiful prayer. So I&apos;d like to pass it on. Leader: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>A friend of mine sent <a href="http://www.saintritashrine.org/ritalife.htm">this to me, and I found it to be a very beautiful prayer.</a> So I'd like to pass it on.</p>

<blockquote>Leader: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and our hearts will be renewed.

<p><b>All:</b> And you will renew the face of the earth.</p>

<p><b>Leader:</b> O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, instructed the hearts of the faithful; grant us, by the same Holy Spirit, a love and desire for what is right and just, and the constant enjoyment of His consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen</p>

<p><b>LITANY OF SAINT RITA:</b></p>

<p>Lord, have mercy on us.<br />
Christ, have mercy on us.<br />
Lord, have mercy on us, Christ hear us.<br />
Christ, graciously hear us.<br />
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.<br />
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, ….<br />
God, the Holy Spirit, …<br />
Holy Trinity, One God, …<br />
Immaculate Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.<br />
Holy Mary, Mother of pure love, …<br />
Holy Mary, Comforter of the afflicted, …<br />
Holy Mary, Queen of all the saints, …<br />
Holy Mary, Model of life for Saint Rita, …<br />
St. Rita, our advocate and protectress, …<br />
St. Rita, beloved by the Lord, …<br />
St. Rita given special grace from heaven, …<br />
St. Rita, remarkable in childhood, …<br />
St. Rita, model of obedience to God’s Will, …<br />
St. Rita, of untiring patience, …<br />
St. Rita, model of Christian mothers, …<br />
St. Rita, mirror for Christian spouses, …</p>

<p>St. Rita, heroic in sacrifice, …<br />
St. Rita, generous in forgiving, …<br />
St. Rita, martyr in penitence, …<br />
St. Rita, embracing humility and poverty, …<br />
St. Rita, exemplary as a widow, …<br />
St. Rita, prompt to answer the divine call, …<br />
St. Rita, patient in suffering, …<br />
St. Rita, mirror of religious observance, …<br />
St. Rita, mystical rose of every virtue, …<br />
St. Rita, enamored of the Passion of Christ, …<br />
St. Rita, pierced with a thorn, …<br />
St. Rita, in ecstasy before the Blessed Sacrament, …<br />
St. Rita, consumed with Divine Love, …<br />
St. Rita, received into heaven with joy, …<br />
St. Rita, incorrupt in your chaste body, …<br />
St. Rita, advocate of impossible cases, …<br />
St. Rita, persevering in prayer, …<br />
St. Rita, help of those in need, …</p>

<p></p>

<p>Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.<br />
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.<br />
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.</p>

<p><b>Leader:</b> Lord, you have signed your servant, Rita.<br />
<b>All:</b> With the marks of Your love and Passion.</p>

<p><br />
<b>Leader:</b> Let us pray. O God, Who bestowed on St. Rita such grace that she loved her enemies, and bore in her heart and on her forehead the mark of Your love and Passion, grant us, we beseech You, through her merits and intercession, a love for our enemies. Through our contemplation of Your sufferings and Passion, may we merit the reward promised to the meek and the suffering. You live and reign forever. Amen</p>

<p><br />
<b>PRAYER OF PETITION:</b></p>

<p><br />
<b>All:</b> Glorious St. Rita, patroness of those in need/ your intercession with our Lord is most powerful./ Through the favors obtained by your prayers/ you have been called Advocate of hopeless and even impossible cases./ St. Rita, humble and pure; patient and compassionate lover of Christ Crucified!/ We have confidence that everyone who has recourse to you, will find comfort and relief./ Listen to our petitions and show your power with God in our behalf./ Obtain our petitions for us/ if they are for the greater honor of God, and for our good./ We promise, if our petitions are granted,/ to make known your favor, and to glorify God for His gift./ Relying on your power with the merciful Savior, we ask of you . . .</p>

<p><i>(here mention your request in silence)</i></p>

<p>By the singular merits of your childhood, ALL: obtain our request for us<br />
By your perfect union with the Divine Will, …<br />
By your acceptance of troubles in your married life, …<br />
By the anguish felt at the murder of your husband, …<br />
By the surrender of your children, rather than have them offend God, …<br />
By your miraculous entrance into the convent,<br />
By your daily penance and fasting, …<br />
By your courage and joy in bearing the mark of the Crucified Savior, …<br />
By the Divine Love which consumed your life,<br />
By your devotion in receiving the Blessed Sacrament, …<br />
By the happiness you felt in leaving this life for union with Christ, …<br />
By the example you have given to people of every state of life, …</p>

<p>Pray for us, St. Rita, <b>ALL:</b> That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.</p>

<p><b>Leader:</b> Let us pray.<br />
<b>All:</b> Heavenly Father! In Your infinite love and mercy/ You heed the prayer of Your beloved servant, Rita./ You graciously grant favors through her intercession,/ which are considered impossible to human skill and effort./ Relying on her compassionate love, we ask You to assist us in our trials and difficulties./ Let unbelievers know/ that you are the helper of the humble,/ the defender of the weak, and the strength of those who trust in You. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen</blockquote></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>mmmmm.... fruitcake....</title>
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    <published>2009-10-29T23:44:03Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-29T23:48:29Z</updated>

    <summary>SRSLY. Maybe I&apos;ll give this recipe a try. This is an awesome option too. And the Fraters -- optissime. FTC disclaimer: No bennies to me. I just like fruitcake....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>SRSLY.</p>

<p><a href="http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2009/10/29/fruitcake-yes-fruitcake-%e2%80%93-get-over-it-this-is-good-fruitcake/#more-10168">Maybe I'll give this recipe a try</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.monasteryfruitcake.org/productsfruitcakes.asp"><br />
This is an awesome option too.</a>  And the Fraters -- <em>optissime</em>.</p>

<p></p>

<p><small>FTC disclaimer:  No bennies to me.  I just like fruitcake.</small></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Prayers for strength</title>
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    <published>2009-10-29T04:58:24Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-29T05:01:18Z</updated>

    <summary>There are things I have to do, that I don&apos;t want to do, but I must do. The first part is just the practicality of getting them done. The second is dealing with the initial repercussions, but later, well, I...</summary>
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        <name>Pansy</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>There are things I have to do, that I don't want to do, but I must do. The first part is just the practicality of getting them done. The second is dealing with the initial repercussions, but later, well, I haven't got much of a choice.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>St. Jude and the Shroud of Turin</title>
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    <published>2009-10-29T01:41:09Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-29T01:44:54Z</updated>

    <summary>This is SO COOL: A third century Syrian text mentions a cloth that is associated with the miraculous cure of King Abgar V, ruler of Edessa (13-59 A.D.), now called Urfa, in southeastern Turkey. This story was translated almost verbatim...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ericsammons.com/blog/2009/10/28/st-jude-and-the-shroud-of-turin/">This is SO COOL:</a></p>

<blockquote>A third century Syrian text mentions a cloth that is associated with the miraculous cure of King Abgar V, ruler of Edessa (13-59 A.D.), now called Urfa, in southeastern Turkey. This story was translated almost verbatim by Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History in 325 A.D.

<p>...Thaddeus brought a cloth to Abgar [who was ill] bearing an image of the face of Jesus. Upon seeing this cloth, Abgar was cured, and the Christian Faith was established in the city.</blockquote></p>

<p>RTWT.  You know how St Jude is often portrayed holding an image of the Lord over his heart?...</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Pope calls Catholics to daily meditation on the Bible</title>
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    <id>tag:moss-place.stblogs.org,2009://11.34602</id>

    <published>2009-10-29T01:37:27Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-29T01:39:28Z</updated>

    <summary>&quot;...it is important to reserve a certain time each day for meditation on the Bible so that the Word of God will be the lamp that illuminates our daily path on earth.&quot; Plus comments on scholasticism...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<blockquote>"...it is important to reserve a certain time each day for meditation on the Bible so that the Word of God will be the lamp that illuminates our daily path on earth."</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17513">
Plus comments on scholasticism</a>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Happy Feast of St. Jude</title>
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    <published>2009-10-28T14:18:24Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-28T14:23:15Z</updated>

    <summary>Novena to St. Jude: Desperate Cases and Hopeless Situations Novena To St. Jude Most holy Apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally, as the patron of difficult cases, of things almost...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/novena/jude.htm"><b>Novena to St. Jude: Desperate Cases and Hopeless Situations</b></a></p>

<blockquote>
<b>Novena To
St. Jude</b><br>

<p>Most holy Apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus,  the Church honors and invokes you universally, as the patron of difficult  cases, of things almost despaired of, Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone.<br />
Intercede with God for me that He bring visible and speedy help where help is  almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive  the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and  sufferings, particularly -<br />
<i>(make your request here)</i><br />
- and that I may praise  God with you and all the saints forever. I promise, O Blessed St. Jude, to be  ever mindful of this great favor granted me by God and to always honor you as  my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you.<br />
Amen</p>

<p><b><u>PRAYER</b></u></p>

<p>May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, and loved in all the  tabernacles until the end of time. Amen.</p>

<p>May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised and glorified now and forever. Amen</p>

<p>St. Jude pray for us and hear our prayers. Amen.</p>

<p><b>Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus<br />
Blessed be the Immaculate Heart of Mary<br />
Blessed be St. Jude Thaddeus, in all the world and for all Eternity.</b><br />
(say this prayer, followed by the <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/pater2.htm">Our Father</a> and the <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/mary3.htm">Hail Mary</a>) </blockquote></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Blessed...</title>
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    <published>2009-10-27T21:24:01Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-27T21:29:48Z</updated>

    <summary>1 Seeing the crowds, he went onto the mountain. And when he was seated his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them: 3 How blessed are the poor in spirit: the...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<blockquote>1 Seeing the crowds, he went onto the mountain. And when he was seated his disciples came to him.<br>
2 Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:<br>
3 How blessed are the poor in spirit: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.<br>
4 Blessed are the gentle: they shall have the earth as inheritance.<br>
5 Blessed are those who mourn: they shall be comforted.<br>
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for uprightness: they shall have their fill.<br>
7 Blessed are the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them.<br>
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: they shall see God.<br>
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: they shall be recognised as children of God.<br>
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.<br>
11 'Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account.<br>
12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven; this is how they persecuted the prophets before you. <br>

<p>~Matthew 5:3-12</blockquote></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>&apos;Art for Obama&apos; book is full of political hollowness, not hope</title>
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    <id>tag:moss-place.stblogs.org,2009://11.34586</id>

    <published>2009-10-26T16:05:51Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-26T16:18:07Z</updated>

    <summary>Very refreshing to read this in the Post (about all that creepy Obama art.)...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102300173.html?sub=AR">Very refreshing to read this in the Post</a> (about all that creepy Obama art.)</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>&quot;Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, Have Mercy on Me&quot;</title>
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    <published>2009-10-25T14:08:21Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-25T14:19:26Z</updated>

    <summary>From The American Catholic: Today is the feast day of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 25, 1970. These very brave men and women were martyred for the True Faith in England...</summary>
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        <name>Peony Moss</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/10/25/jesu-jesu-jesu-have-mercy-on-me/">From The American Catholic</a>:<br />
<blockquote>Today is the feast day of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 25, 1970.  These very brave men and women were martyred for the True Faith in England and Wales between 1535 and 1679, and they are representative of hundreds of Catholics in these countries who went to their death rather than to renounce their Catholicism.</blockquote></p>

<p>Quoth my husband:  "Bet they're happy this week!"</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>I ♥ Pope Benedict!</title>
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    <id>tag:moss-place.stblogs.org,2009://11.34562</id>

    <published>2009-10-20T13:19:41Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-20T13:24:46Z</updated>

    <summary> Damian Thompson: This is astonishing news. Pope Benedict XVI has created an entirely new Church structure for disaffected Anglicans that will allow them to worship together – using elements of Anglican liturgy – under the pastoral supervision of their...</summary>
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        <name>Peony Moss</name>
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<a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100014174/new-era-begins-as-benedict-throws-open-gates-of-rome-to-disaffected-anglicans/">Damian Thompson:</a><br />
<blockquote>This is astonishing news. Pope Benedict XVI has created an entirely new Church structure for disaffected Anglicans that will allow them to worship together – using elements of Anglican liturgy – under the pastoral supervision of their own specially appointed bishop or senior priest.</p>

<p>The Pope is now offering Anglicans worldwide “corporate reunion” on terms that will delight Anglo-Catholics. In theory, they can have their own married priests, parishes and bishops – and they will be free of liturgical interference by liberal Catholic bishops who are unsympathetic to their conservative stance.</blockquote></p>

<p>I hope that many, many Anglican congregations take advantage of this.<br />
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    <title>Sarah Palin&apos;s book for $9.00?</title>
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    <published>2009-10-18T19:02:39Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-18T19:05:27Z</updated>

    <summary>That&apos;s how much it is at this writing! Proceeds go to the Pansy Fund....</summary>
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        <name>Peony Moss</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>That's how much it is at this writing!</p>

<p>Proceeds go to the Pansy Fund.</p>

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<entry>
    <title>Our Lady, Undoer of Knots: Day 3</title>
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    <published>2009-10-18T11:42:27Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-18T11:46:27Z</updated>

    <summary> For the intentions of Pansy and her family, that God&apos;s will be done in this situation For the repose of the soul of my great-aunt, and for guidance for her surviving sister For a new job for my brother-in-law,...</summary>
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<p>For the intentions of Pansy and her family, that God's will be done in this situation<br />
For the repose of the soul of my great-aunt, and for guidance for her surviving sister<br />
For a new job for my brother-in-law, who was just laid off</p>

<p><img alt="mary-undoer-of-knots.jpg" src="http://moss-place.stblogs.org/mary-undoer-of-knots.jpg" width="270" height="328" class="mt-image-center" style="text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;" /></p>

<p>1. Make the Sign of the Cross</p>

<p>2. Say the Act of Contrition. Ask pardon for your sins and make a firm promise not to commit them again. </p>

<blockquote>O my God I am heartily sorry for having offended you. I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell. But most of all, because I offended you, oh my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen</blockquote>

<p>3. Say the first 3 decades of the Rosary. </p>

<p>4. Make the meditation of the day </p>

<p><br />
<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Meditation for Day 3:</div></p>

<p>Meditating Mother, Queen of heaven, in whose hands the treasures of the King are found, turn your merciful eyes upon me today. I entrust into your holy hands this knot in my life...and all the rancor and resentment it has caused in me. I ask Your forgiveness, God the Father, for my sin. Help me now to forgive all the persons who consciously or unconsciously provoked this knot. Give me, also, the grace to forgive myself for having provoked this knot. Only in this way can You undo it. Before You, dearest Mother, and in the name of Your Son Jesus, my Savior, who has suffered so many offenses, having been granted forgiveness, I now forgive these persons...and myself, forever. Thank you, Mary, Undoer of Knots for undoing the knot of rancor in my heart and the knot which I now present to you. Amen.</p>

<p>Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.</p>

<p>Turn to Mary, you who desire grace.<br />
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<p>5. Say the last 2 decades of the rosary</p>

<p>6. Finish with the Prayer to Our Lady the Undoer of Knots:</p>

<p><br />
<blockquote><br />
PRAYER TO MARY, UNDOER OF KNOTS (Closing Prayer)</p>

<p>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. </p>

<p>You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots. </p>

<p>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. </p>

<p>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. </p>

<p>Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot...I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all, You are my hope.</p>

<p>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. </p>

<p>Hear my plea.</p>

<p>Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!</blockquote></p>]]>
        
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