How to ask Mary for grace in a moment of desperation
A prayer recommended by Pope Francis
In moments of darkness or desperation, believers can count on the help of our Mother, the Virgin Mary.
Holy Mary, full of God’s presence during
the days 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,
we pray to you to receive in
your hands (the name of the person),
and to free him/her of the knots
and confusion with which our enemy attacks.
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.
