M. S. and J. A. were fucking in the elevator, and their boss caught them. They fervently thank Saint Pancras with the present retablo because they only received a money penalty but weren’t fired.

Alejandra R. and Alberto M. were fucking at the cemetery, and the dead attacked them. They thank Saint Jude, with the present retablo, because they managed to escape. They promise not to get in sacred places.

A seamstress Domitila Betansos brings this retablo to the Virgin of the Solitude giving her thanks because she met the painter Frida who gave her a great present—a sewing machine that she lacked so much.

Puebla, 1939

A young man Juan Garcia fervently thanks Saint Anthony with the present retablo because when he was swimming in the river he met a beautiful woman and now they are going to get married.

Sebastian Gomes gulped too many pulque and fell down. Since he didn’t put his arms in front of him, he smashed his mug into the floor and cut it with the broken glass shattered there. He thank Saint Judas for his face has been healed up with no marks left.

Puebla, 1918

Cooking was the young man Marcos Garzon’s passion. So he opened his own pizzeria. He thank Saint Paschal for the thing are going good and he’s had a lot of sales. He brings this retablo for that.

Tiburcio Palacios, a circus owner, thanks Saint Elias for his lioness gave birth to two healthy cubs.

Mexico, 1957

Gabino Cañete brings this retablo, with great devotion, to Saint John Bosco thanking for he had a great success performing as Spiderman.

Dominga Camargo brings the present retablo to the Child of Atocha thanking for her son didn’t lose his eye when he put a pencil in a fan.

Puebla, 1950

Bonifacio Menendes had a great fear of spiders. One day many of them appeared in his room. His implored Saint Patrick, and all the spiders disappeared. He fervently thanks for this favor.

Puebla, 1928

Señor Luis Chavez went out and couldn’t remember where he lived. He thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe with the present retablo because he was found and now is back to his family.

Señora Eduviges Pacheco was switching on the boiler, and it burst into flame putting her hair on fire. She thanks Saint Charbel for nothing bad happened and only her vanity suffered because she was left bald.

Boy Arnulfo Fernandez fell into a pit full of snakes. His mother thanks Saint Nicholas for nothing bad happened.

Tehuacan, 1945