I’m grateful to the Virgin of Guadalupe because my arm is alright now. El Santo took me in the clutch twisting my arm, and I couldn’t move it for three months. I asked for your help. I can move my arm now, so I’m back to wrestle.

Enrique
Mexico, 1969

Armando thanks Saint Sebastian because Felipe returned to him asking to forgive him for having doubts and suspecting that he was cheating on him.

January 16, 2000
Polanco, Mexico City

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because I managed to stop taking drugs and I returned home to my parents, whom I love so much. I dedicate this retablo thanking you for helping me to get rid this bad habit.

Andres Torres
May 11, 1990
Tacubaya, Mexico

Señor Arturo and his son Antonio give infinite thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe because she gave them enough strength to cross Arizona desert and to fulfill their American dream of coming to USA.

Mexico City — January 11, 1985

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because my husband didn’t find out about my affair. I ask to understand that I had no choice. We sin but because of love. I will never forget that.

Lucha, the enamored
Colonia Roma, Mexico City
February 14, 2000

Antonio Pantoja gives thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe for saving him from death when a lion attacked him during his lion taming act in the circus. He brings this retablo in gratitude.

January 6, 1985

The man whom I fell in love with deceived me and made me sell my body on the street. I give thanks to the Holy Child because my parents forgave me and now I’m going back to Zacatecas which I would have never left.

Escandón, 1984

Señor Nicolas gives thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe for not losing the fingers on his left arm when he cut himself working in his butcher-shop. In gratitude he brings this retablo.

January 11, 1990

Isidoro Valensia thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe because his wife Letisia forgave him and let him to come back to her after she had found out that they were only rumors that he had an affair with her friend. He offers this retablo.

Mexico, 16 December 1985

Jose gives thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe for letting him cross the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande) without being seen by immigration police. So he could fulfill his American dream and earn some bucks for helping his family in Mexico.

25 January 1990

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because on my first intercourse with my boyfriend, I found the love and the happiness I dreamt of with the love of my life. Bless our love for ever, I’m asking you from the bottom of my heart.

Concha P.
February 14, 2000
Mexico City

Virgin of Guadalupe, I dedicate this retablo to you in the name of the women cowardly killed in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. I ask you, with all my heart, to repose their souls in the paradise, for the sake of their families’ comfort

Mexico City — January 25, 2004

The boy Manuel thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe for El Mistico won over Doctor Wagner at the Arena Mexico. The boy’s father had promised him that, if El Mistico would win, he would take Manuel to see every fight of his idol.