It was getting dark. I went with my wife Lupita in the field to scrape the agave and gather the maguey sap with the acocote. Suddenly we noticed a horrible animal with wings and long teeth. It wanted to attack us. We entrusted ourselves to the Holy Child of Atocha so that he would protect us. Thank God we managed to escape.

Zitacuaro, Michoacan
May 3, 1985

Federico Aguilar Aguascalientes

Thank you, God, for saving us from the chupacabra.

Acocote is a long gourd pointed at both ends, used in Mexico for extracting the nectar of the maguey.

We thank Jesus because me and my brothers got a job at the nuclear power plant.

I thank Saint Quiteria of Frexeiras for blessing my circus.

5th May 2007
Severino Ramos
Queimadas, Bahia

My daughters Carmita and Rosalia, instead of sleeping, secretly went to look on the newborn calf. When they arrived to the grove near the cattle-pen they saw the Weeping Woman who started to chase them. They arrived at home sweating from fear. I prayed the Virgin of the Rosary to cure them because even next two days they were shaking and pale. The Virgin worked the miracle, and the girls forgot about their fear. They are alright now.

Margarita Peña was very nervous because of the arrival of her parents-in-law, who were coming from the capital. She broke the saucepan with the shrimp soup and burned the stew. Finding herself in such a disaster she entrusted herself to the mercy of the Virgin of San Juan. The Virgin made the parents-in-law miss the train and arrive the next day. Margarita gives thanks to the Virgin.

March 28, 1949

The Lopez brothers went fishing, and the sea snake appeared to them. They were petrified with fear. But their dog, that always went with them, started to bark and to grunt. The snake got scared and swam away. The brothers give thanks to the Virgin of Zapopan because the snake didn’t hurt them.

With this drawing your slave Juan Luis Rubert wants to thank you, Saint Francis, for the miracle. My dog Sandy bit the doña Mariela Luisiana del Corral’s big toe. I cared about the wounded woman with all my devotion, in your constant presence, Saint Francis. At that moment her husband arrived and witnessed this scene. He got furious and killed the dog but left Mariela Luisiana del Corral to me for ever.

Cuernavaca, Mexico
December 2013

I thank God for protecting 150 passengers and 5 crew members of the US Airways flight 1549 that departed at 15:03 from the New York airport LaGuardia to Charlotte (North Carolina). Because of an accident occurred three minutes after the departure the pilot Chesley Sullenberger managed to land the plane on the Hudson River. All aboard survived and were rescued. It was a miracle.

Alfredo Vilchis
Corner of the miracles
Minas de Cristo, Mexico
January 15, 2009

Holy Mother of Guadalupe, I thank you from the bottom of my heart because I survived two surgeries, the one on August 24, 1948, and the other one on December 24, 1953.

Mexico
Soledad Garcia Montoya

The chef Nicolas Sanches was depressed after his wife had left him. He decided to prepare for himself an exquisite dish with rat poison. He thanks Saint Jude because he got scared and didn’t eat it after all.

The miracle worked by Saint Quiteria of Frexeiras that my husband is able to walk without crutches.

Quiteria Maria Medeiros
Capela, Alagoas

Lord of Chalma, I thank you with this retablo. The headless man appeared to me, and I got very scared.

Lupito Gonzalez
January 10, 1939

Gregorio Romero has a big collection of antique maps, and he thanks Saint Elias for it with this retablo. The collection is very valuable and that makes Gregorio very satisfied.