My daughter Rosa and I went to a mass, and the soul of my girl’s godmother appeared to us. The ghost asked us to pray for her. We were scared and ran to the church, where I ordered two requiem masses to the priest. We also prayed a novena. I thank the Virgin of San Juan because my friend’s soul has rested in peace.

Gudelia Garcia went to hang the washing. She didn’t see the marbles her son left on the floor and she slipped on them. She fell on her back. She couldn’t move and though she’d stay paralyzed. She entrusted herself to Saint Blaise, and he worked the miracle. She was able to stand up right away. She felt pain but there were no serious consequences.

A very strong rain caught us on our way back to the town. I was scared that with all this water the river might exceed its banks, how it had happened before, and would drag me and my children. I prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan, and she miraculously stopped the rain. The sun peeped out from behind the storm clouds, and the clouds were gone.

The Caveman and I fell in love with each other during this wrestling season. We moved to live together, and we’re very happy. However, we don’t take off our wrestling masks because it adds mystery to our relationship. We thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for our happiness.

My wife couldn’t fit in her clothes. She was distressed, and she put us all on a diet of salad and carrots. Water was the only think we could drink. I suffered a lot because I love food. I prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan so that my wife would give us more food. Thanks to the Virgin she noticed that she lost too much weight in her legs, her most attractive feature. So she finally began to feed us well. I offer this retablo to the Holy Virgin.

Our new neighbor had an enormous and angry dog that scared my cats. I was afraid that one day it could kill one of them. Thanks to my prayers to Saint Anthony the neighbor found another house on the other side of the town and moved there. Finally my cats were saved from this beast. I thank the saint patron.

I was swimming when I suddenly felt that someone was pulling me down. I saw two mermaids, they grabbed and tried to pull me to their domain. I felt dizzy because of lack of air. I implored Saint Barbara, and she came to help me. She made the mermaids let me go. I fainted. When I woke up, I was on the beach. I thank for this wonderful miracle that saved my life.

Some kind of naughty devils possessed my dresser. They crumpled my clothes and made holes in my stockings and underwear. I prayed to the Virgin of Guadalupe for a divine intervention. With the Virgin’s help and with a bottle of holy water I managed to get rid of the devils. However, sometimes I sprinkle holy water on my clothes so they wouldn’t come back.

My job and my everyday life are little bit boring. But I thank the Virgin of Zapopan for teaching me how to day-dream. So while I’m working I submerge in the sea of stars and the angels take me to wonderful and unforeseen places. In that way my work became more bearable. And my colleagues are puzzled why I’m always smiling and in a good humor.

I thank you, Virgin of Carmel, for giving me this body with which I have a job and no end of clients.

La China
Oaxaca, Mexico, 1978

Since my boyfriend nor I had a car to go in the country for a picnic, we decided to have it at the cemetery. We ate and talked, but when we saw the dead men leaving their tombs and coming to us, we choked with sandwiches. Only thanks to the Virgin of Zapopan’s protection we were able to run away from the skeletons which almost surrounded us. We thank because we escaped.

All the red fruits and vegetables in my refrigerator were disappearing. I was intrigued until one night I went to the kitchen for a glass of water and found out that the thief was a vegetarian vampire. I thank the Virgin of San Juan because my dog barked and growled and bit him. The vampire got so scared, he never came back, lest he decided to change his diet and to suck my blood.