Mary who untangles knots and solves relationship problems

Table of contents:

1- The origins of Mary untying knots

2- Mary's miracle for a couple on the point of breaking up

3- The painting of Mary untying knots

4- Future Pope Francis discovers the image of Mary untying knots

5- Pope Francis' prayers to Mary undoing the knots

6- How to pray to Mary untying knots?

7- Why pray to Mary who unties knots?

8- Testimonies of people who have prayed to Mary who untied knots

9- The novena to Mary untying knots

10- Helpers of the Rosary Palace to pray to Mary Untying the Knots

To protect couples or your family, you may have been advised to pray to Mary who unties knots. Where does this strange name come from? And why is it called Mary Undoer of Knots? How do we pray to Mary Undoer of Knots and what benefits can she bring to our daily lives?

The origins of Mary Undoer of Knots

The devotion to Mary Undoer of Knots has a very specific origin. It began in 1615 with the story of Wolfgang and Sophie von Langenmantel, who, despite a recent marriage, had frequent quarrels to the point of considering divorce. In the 1980s, Jorge Maria Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, rediscovered this cult. He was touched by the topicality of this episode in his life. Gradually, he spread the prayer to Mary who loosens knots in South America and then all over the world. Let us explore the story of the prayer to Mary who untied the knots, full of surprising episodes and twists.

A miracle from Mary for a couple on the brink of breaking up

In 1615, a Catholic couple, Wolfgang Langenmantel and Sophie Imhoff, had been married for three years. Many crises and disputes were tearing the couple's daily life apart. Both are devout Catholics, and the idea of divorce is repugnant to them. In a final attempt to make things better, Wolfgang goes to see Father Jakob Rem.

This Austrian Jesuit is known for his great devotion and wisdom. About ten years earlier, kneeling in front of the painting of Our Lady of the Snows, Our Lady had appeared to him and asked to be invoked under the title Maria ter admirabilis (Mary three times admirable).

Accepting Wolfgang's request and holding the couple's wedding ribbon in his hand, Jakob goes to pray before the image of Our Lady. He implores Mary to bring peace to the couple. Then he sees the knots unravel one by one and the ribbon becomes dazzling and shiny, returning to the smooth and white appearance it had on the wedding day.

In the following days, the couple regained their serenity and reconciled. The couple lived happily and peacefully for the rest of their lives.

The image of Mary undoing knots

A few years later, the couple's grandson, Jerome Ambrose von Langenmantel, canon of Augsburg, commissioned the artist Johann Melchior Schmidtner to paint a picture of Mary untying the knots.

Completed in 1700, the work is impressive: Mary is bent over, focused on her task: she holds the ribbon in her hands and unties it. An angel hands her the knotted ribbon, while another receives the smooth, untangled ribbon. The symbols depicted around Mary make the representation even more striking: Mary is dressed in a blue cloak. At her feet is the moon and twelve stars representing a crown. The serpent from Genesis, representing evil, is trampled upon. A dove representing the Holy Spirit is depicted in the upper part of the painting.

For several centuries, the devotion to Mary undoing knots remained a local cult in Southern Germany.

The future Pope Francis discovers the painting of Mary untying knots

In the 1980s, Jorge Maria Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, who was still a simple Jesuit, was overwhelmed by this image of Our Lady Mary bending over men's problems: he found symbolism in it.

- This attentive and gentle Madonna pays attention to people's lives: she is a resource for us in our daily lives and can help us solve our problems.

- For Pope Francis, knots are a way of expressing the difficulties of families, men and women in their daily lives.

- The fact that knots are untied by divine intervention is a testimony to the mercy of God the father for the people of Christ.

The future pope brought reproductions of the painting Mary Untying the Knots to Argentina and began distributing them to his entourage. He then had a large painting installed in the chapel of the university where he was rector in Buenos Aires. Gradually, he made the painting and the cult of Mary untying knots known in Argentina, giving rise to a whole movement of popular piety. This piety eventually spread throughout Latin America.

Now pope since 13 March 2013, the pontiff continues to spread the cult of Mary Untying the Knots around the world.

Pope Francis' prayers to Mary who unties knots

For each knot, Pope Francis suggests a prayer intention around a theme:

- the first knot to untie loneliness and indifference,

- the second knot to untie unemployment, especially youth and female unemployment,

- the third knot to untie is that of domestic violence,

- The fourth knot is that of human progress and scientific research so that their progress is accessible to all, especially the poorest and weakest,

- Finally, the fifth knot is that of pastoral care, so that every church can regain momentum in its evangelising mission.

How to pray to Mary who unties knots?

Since Pope Francis popularised the prayer to Mary who unties knots, there are many aids for this prayer. Novenas, novena candles - there are many tools to accompany your requests.

Why pray to Mary who undoes knots?

First of all, one prays to Mary Undoer to solve problems in relationships. Actually, praying to Mary who unties knots covers many different topics. We turn to Mary undoing knots to restore peace in the family, to help a child, brother or sister find solutions.

The very notion of untying knots extends to all the knots in our lives. We can pray to Mary to untie knots when we have difficulty passing certain tests, when we give examinations, to ask for help to carry out our daily lives correctly.

Testimonies of people who have prayed to Mary who untangles knots

There are many testimonies of people who have prayed to Mary who unties knots and whose prayers have been answered.

For example, S. experienced the disappearance of her daughter: after a deep depression, she disappeared for six months without giving any news: no phone, no mail, no messages. The mother was very worried and made a novena to Mary who unties knots, then a second one. On the third day of this last novena, her daughter returned. She was much better.

Y. says that she prayed a lot to Mary who untied the knots for her children's academic success. From then on, her prayers were answered. Her son, who had more or less dropped out of school the previous year, ended up passing his high school diploma with a good average. His daughter was able to change direction and enrol in the master's programme she wanted to follow and continue her studies successfully.

Laurent tells us about a couple he knows: a couple who were disunited and in difficulty, after making a novena to Mary who untied the knots, this couple ended up achieving a wonderful and definitive reconciliation.

The novena to Mary who loosens knots

The novena is a traditional form of prayer to resolve a difficulty in your life. There are many novenas to accompany you in your prayer. One of them was written by Pope Francis.

Helpers from the Palais du Rosaire to pray to Mary who unties knots

The Palais du Rosaire offers many aids to help you in your prayers. Here you will find our palace novena. Our novena candle, which burns for nine days, can also help you in your prayer efforts.

120 sticks of Mary Undoing the Knots incense and a prayer 9,90€

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Mary Undoer of Knots novena candle 17.5 cm 4,90€

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Frame of Mary Undoer of Knots , Mosaic style 5,90€

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Prayer for Mary who unties knots

Holy Mary, you who untie knots, we ask you to help us untie the difficulties that bind us in our daily lives.

Help us to overcome the obstacles that prevent us from living according to your will.

We pray that you will help us to remove the knots of anger, jealousy, pride and fear that prevent us from living in peace with others.

We pray that you will remove the knots of illness, suffering, sadness and loneliness that weigh us down.

Give us the strength to live with grace and courage through all the trials that cross our path.

We pray that you will help us to untie the knots in our lives, so that we may live free, serene and hopeful.


Amen