Raquel Garcia didn’t know that her new friend had arachnophobia. When she showed him her tarantula, the friend had such a strong attack that he ended up in the hospital. She thanks the Holy Child Doctor for his recovery.

Felipe Mendez was cleaning thing with gasoline in his workshop. Suddenly he caught fire. He thanks Saint Charbel for he was extinguished and he only burned his arms.

Enrique Romero was sold stolen jewelry, and he was thrown in jail. He entrusted himself to Saint Michael, and the mix-up got cleared. He brings this retablo in gratitude.

Because my husband spent all the day riding a horse, drank some mezcal and ate some hot snacks, he couldn’t pee that evening. He suffered all night, and no remedy helped him. So I implored Saint Paschal, and he got cured by the dawn. I thank for that with this retablo.

Puebla, 1924
Francisca Ramos

The young girl Ana Maria Suarez was really hung-up on drugs. She was even offering herself on the streets. She thanks Saint Jude with this retablo for her recovery.

Roberto B. was kidnapped and held for 10 days. But thanks to his deep faith to the Virgin of Guadalupe he managed to hold out until he was saved by the police forces. He dedicates this retablo in gratitude.

Jorge Perez participated in a chess tournament of his neighborhood. He thanks the Holy Child of Atocha with this retablo for his triumph so he even got a girlfriend.

Diana R. had a good idea to cover herself with honey for her boyfriend. But she didn’t know that he has diabetes. So after pleasing her, he ended up at the hospital. He thanks Saint Mathew because he survived.

Lorenza Gonzalez brings this retablo to Saint James thanking him because her old man broke off the bad habit after he saw the ghost of Agapito Treviño, or the White Horse.

Monterrey, 1911

The girl Demetria Tiomitzi thanks Saint Anthony the Great because her cats got used to be bathed, back then they would scratch her while she did it.

Jasinta Coyotzi lost a pregnant pig and couldn’t find it. She prayed to the Lord of the Wonders. Then she found the pig with the piglets. She dedicates this retablo thanking for such an exceptional favor.

Cholula, 1917

Juan Ramos left his skate in the middle of the living room and caused a serious accident to his mother. He thanks the Lord of the Wonders because she recovered. He promises to be a well-organized boy.

The young man Francisco Garcia thanks Saint Francis because he got a job in the sewer cleaning at the capital. The thing are going well, although he often finds dead animals and sometimes even human corpses.