Having suffered much for laundry chores, I pray for holy intercession from St. Kenmore, to relieve me of this eternal burden. I promise this retablo.

July 20th, 2001
Louisa Barnett

A headless woman came to me, but I entrusted myself to the Virgin, and she went away.

My husband left me, and I was left alone with three little kids. I didn’t have any relative who could help me, so I had to become a prostitute. From the bottom of my heart, I thank Saint Pancras because with this job I managed to go on, and I’m not ashamed of it because I’m giving my children education and preparation I didn’t get.

Vanessa S. ~ Tijuana, Baja California

Vicente Medina had a recurrent nightmare when he was bitten by devils. He implored Saint Michael the Archangel and stopped dreaming this nightmare. He thanks for that with this retablo.

One night leaving the bar I met this woman at a corner. She invited me to the hotel, and she made me feel that my wife denied me. She gave me confidence, and I learned with her advices and therapy in the bed. Now my wife is very happy. My marriage is saved, and I will never forget hat woman. San Jude Thaddeus, thank you for keeping my secret about the hotel.

El Inocente,
Mexico City — October 28, 2010

A car fell on the mechanic Ramon Lopez while he was repairing it. He thanks Saint Martin de Porres with this retablo for he was saved in time and his injures have been healed.

I had very bad luck in love and didn’t have a girl. One day I was looking through my grandfather’s things and I found his lotion “Siete Machos”. I remembered my grandfather telling me how it worked for him since he had a great success with women. I applied the lotion, but to my bad luck it only attracted old ladies and women over 40. I thank Saint Nicholas of Bari because the effect of the lotion finally has gone away. Otherwise, they didn’t even let me walk on the street.

Jorge Estrada ~ Villahermosa, Tabasco

Thank you Virgin of Guadalupe for my son and I are together again. We were separated by the zero tolerance policy—he was sent to Texas and I was deported. I asked to protect him and to let me come back for him. And that happened 49 days later.

Grateful Honduran, 9–8–2018

I escaped safe from my encounter with a mad sorcerer.

The professor Gustavo Ramirez got involved with a student and one day was caught with her in his office. He was fired from the university. He implored Saint John Bosco and managed to find a place in another university. He thanks for such a great favor.

I was riding my bike, because I like exercising at night, when I suddenly saw a strange light in the sky. I was curious and followed it. To my big surprise I discovered that it was a spaceship. I thank the Holy Child of Atocha for I managed to hid in bushes and the martians that were there didn’t see me.

Raul Godines \ Apizaco, Tlaxcala

The baseball player Jose F. was caught by his wife while a fan was giving him oral. He thanks Saint Thomas with the present retablo for he didn’t lose all his fortune after the divorce.

Saint Jude Thaddeus, I thank you for finding an inspiration in wrestling to create paintings with folk tradition and fantasies of my Mexico, to the world.



Alley of miracles, Minas de Cristo, 2011