Sanctuary of the Virgin Undoer of Knots

Immerse yourself in a special tour to Shrine of Mary Untier of Knots in Cancun, a place where spirituality and tranquility meet. During your visit, you can participate in the moving tradition of tying a ribbon, symbolically surrendering your worries to the Virgin Mary. This beautiful sanctuary offers a peaceful space for reflection and prayer, perfect for unwinding and recharging. Before ending your experience, visit the sanctuary shop and pick up a special souvenir, such as a rosary or a medal, that will connect you to this sacred place.

The image of Mary Untier of Knots It would be an allegory of human difficulties, symbolized as knotted colored ribbons or ribbons, which the Virgin unties and unties like a mother helping her children.

His cult teaches that his immeasurable love is capable of granting requests and resolving conflicts (untying knots).

He is credited with the power to untie the knots that make people's lives difficult and solve their problems. 

It is said that The Virgin Untier of Knots intercedes before God to help people find solutions to complicated situations and conflicts in their lives.

The story goes back to Germany and was brought to Argentina and Brazil to be venerated by a young Jesuit: the current Pope Francis. 

The mystical legend began in Germany when a couple had difficulty having children, so their relationship was getting worse. With their prayers and placing a colored ribbon with a knot, simulating their situation, at the feet of an image of the Virgin Mary, they were able to improve their relationship and even had 3 children. 

In gratitude, they asked an artist to paint an image depicting that holy action. The man took the Marian image and presented it to the Immaculate Conception, protected by the Holy Spirit and surrounded by angels. He also showed her treading on the head of a serpent (a symbol of evil and sin) and holding tangled ribbons that, once passed through her hands, were untied. It is said that this was a way of symbolizing how faith and love could untie the knots of human problems that hinder human communication with God. It was around the year 1700, and in German, this image became known as Maria als Knotenlöserin, or "Mary the Undoer of Knots." That is, "Mary the Undoer of Knots."

The artist's name was Johann Georg Melchor Schmidtner, a man of renowned experience in the German church and in 16th-century Italy, having trained in Venice. Historians say the image was made for the altarpiece of the Blessed Virgins of Good Counsel, the place to which the noble couple donated it. Over the years, and after the altarpiece was destroyed (apparently in a war), the work ended up in the church of St. Peter am Perlach in Augsburg, where it is still preserved. Of course, this is not the only place in the world where she is venerated; in Buenos Aires, the Virgin Untier of Knots (as she is popularly known) also has thousands of faithful followers who come to her on the 8th of every month to ask for her spiritual help.

It was in 1984 when a priest who had gone to study in Germany brought back a postcard depicting her. That Jesuit priest was named Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, one of the many faithful followers of this Marian devotion.

The “Virgin Untier of Knots"favorite devotion of the Pope Francis 

The Sanctuary is in Cancun, Quintana Roo, A place where there are many business opportunities, but also where many marriages fall apart, says Father Luis Pablo Garza 

Cancun The most touristic area in Mexico and the sixth most visited in the world, in 2016 the Sanctuary of the Virgin Mary Untier of Knots or Virgin Untier of Knots was built, she is known as the patron saint of marriages, intercessor of marital problems and all the difficulties of people 

Today it is known throughout the world, it has grown in infrastructure and faithful, it began with dirt roads and today it has several chapels and roads full of white ribbons, which are used to make requests for the needy and an area of only colored ribbons which are used to give thanks for the favor granted, more than 25,000 people visit it each week 

On May 31, 2024, it was canonically consecrated as a sanctuary 

It has 7 chapels and 3 hermitages 

– The main chapel

– The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament

– The Chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe

– The Chapel of Silence where the holy shroud is located 

– The Divine Mercy Chapel

– The Chapel of Mother Teresa of Calcutta

– The Square of Thanks 

The Hermitages: Of the Guardian Angel, Of Padre Pio, Of St. Joseph Asleep  

In the middle of the jungle, it has 1,100 crypts built in Santo Tomas marble next to the Virgin.

• We recommend:

  • Tie a white ribbon and entrust your request to the Virgin Untier of Knots
  • Be fascinated by the sacred relics in the church
  • Explore this sanctuary, where spirituality and nature unite

   

• Includes:

  – Round-trip transportation from the hotel to the Shrine of Mary Untier of Knots, with an hour's wait

  – Transportation of the Cancun Airport To the Sanctuary of Mary Untier of Knots, we will wait for you and then take you to your hotel or final destination so you can enjoy the paradise of Cancun or the Riviera Maya 

  – Free time at the sanctuary, extra cost per hour of waiting

  – Visit to the religious articles store

   

  Not included:

  - Guide

  – Personal expenses

  – Food not included

   

  Suggestions:

  – Bring mosquito repellent

  – Bring sunscreen