Our Lady, Undoer of Knots
Merciful Mother invoked to untie life's difficulties through Christ's intercession.
Devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, originates in an eighteenth-century painting by Johann Georg Schmidtner, kept at St. Peter am Perlach church in Augsburg, Germany.
The image shows Mary untying tangled ribbons, a symbol of human problems that only God's mercy can resolve.
Tradition holds that the painter's family was saved from marital crisis through Mary's intercession, inspiring the work.
Pope Francis encountered the image during his studies in Germany and helped spread the devotion, especially in Latin America.
In Brazil, shrines and prayer groups are dedicated to Mary Undoer of Knots, entrusting her with family crises and seemingly impossible situations.
Dedicated prayer
To the merciful Mother who unties life's knots, we entrust our difficulties and ask for grace.
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