The theological idea behind this picture comes from the second century “church father” Irenaeus, the place in his work “Towards Heresies,” he wrote that Mary’s obedience untied the knot of Eve’s disobedience.
This portray was donated to the Catholic Church in Augsburg, Germany, the place it stays.
The primary chapel devoted to Mary Untier of Knots was inbuilt Austria in 1989, which suggests for hundreds of years, this explicit Marian Devotion was not broadly identified nor celebrated. Someday within the mid-nineties, a German nun despatched a postcard with Schmidtner’s portray to then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in Argentina, and the picture intrigued him. He started sharing this picture with seminarians as a supply of energy and prayer as they went to serve the poor. He commissioned an artist to create a replica of the unique portray in Augsburg, and the devotion to this explicit Mary started to take maintain.
When Cardinal Bergoglio turned Pope Francis in 2013, Mary Untier of Knots turned identified extra broadly as one among his most popular devotions.
Which brings us again to my non secular director. I used to be raised within the Catholic Church and had maintained my very own devotion to Mary extra usually, however I had by no means heard of Mary, Untier of Knots.
“Possibly for those who pray to Mary that can assist you untie the knots which can be maintaining you caught, one thing would possibly occur?”
Let me let you know all, don’t pray to Mary to get you unstuck until you’re ready to face the implications!
Inside three weeks, I had a brand new job. Three. Weeks.
