I ordered this retablo to Saint Diego as I had promised. It was my first time and I’ll never forget it. I was 17 and I used condom for protection from infection. I had a lot of fun with a prostitute. When I saw how voluptuous she was I couldn’t control myself and went in hotel with her. It happened in Sulivan, Mexico on Friday, August 16, 2002.

A. P. M.

My daughter Marielita was bad-tempered and whenever she thrown a tantrum she threw whatever she could lay her hand on in other people. I prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan for helping me with my daughter. And when Marielita went to school her temper changed step by step.

The nuns, sister Andrea and sister Lucia, gives thanks with this retablo to Saint Martin for good sales of rompope. They help to orphans with the proceeds.

She was born October 15, 1873. She was 12 years 3 months and 15 days old when she died in January of 1885, at 10:30 am. And at 10 p.m., during the vigil for her, she rose from the dead with help and mercy of All-Holy God. We bring this retablo for the miracle.

Cabora, Sonora

Teresa Urrea (1873–1906), also known as Santa Teresa of Cabora, was a mexican folk healer. She experienced religious visions and believed she had the gift of healing.

The Holy Child of Atocha saved me and my horse from a lighting that struck in a tree near us. We got singed a little but nothing serious happened to us.

August 21, 1966

Camilo Gonzales worked as a bus driver, and he got a route in Altas de Jalisco. One morning he was driving being drunk and exhausted. He feel asleep behind the wheel, and the bus fell over a cliff, in a lake. The driver thanks the Virgin of Zapopan because no one of his passengers drowned and because he wasn’t thrown in jail for this accident.

A group of female gypsies lifted my wallet in St. Petersburg, Russia. But I got it back thanks to a tall thin old man and a helpful Russian policeman.

During a baseball match Alejandro Lopez dropped his bat making swing and hit a player from his team. Alejandro thanks Saint James with this retablo because the player got better, and he promises to be more careful.

I thank the Virgin of San Juan. I have my secrets which I keep to myself, and I thank for that.

Mrs. Bone
February 14, 2003 — Mexico City

Jaime Perez brings this retablo thanking Saint Martin the Cavalryman for the success he had with his poultry shop that became the most popular shop in the neighborhood.

There was an epidemic in the village that infected the animals. With all my faith, I entrusted myself to the Virgin of Guadalupe so that she would save my animals. They were saved, didn’t got infected and stayed in good health. They are all I have, and I thank you. May you be blessed, Virgin.

Eufrosina Reyes
Cuetzalan, Puebla

I was washing the clothes in the river, when one of my shirt was taken by the current. I rushed to catch it, but the current was so strong, that I was carried down to the waterfall [...] I hit the rocks, but thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe I managed to get out the water [...] I thank the Virgin because now I’m getting better.

Don Roberto Ortega thanks the Virgin of San Juan for his wedding with señorita Juana Rosalinda Hernandez. Now he has a beloved wife and a new mother for his seven kids.