Señora Dionicia gives thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe for saving her son Luis from dying after he had been shot by his brother Martin who thought that his wife cheated on him with Luis.

Thankful mother
Mexico, 12 December 1995

Casimiro Rojas was swimming underwater and his leg got stuck in the coral. He entrusted himself to the Virgin of Guadalupe and managed to get out without drowning. He thanks for that and dedicates the retablo.

Dolores Mejia gives thanks to Saint Anthony because her fiancé Romualdo Muñoz finally proposed to her, after 12 years of engagement. On May 19 of the current year they got married at the Santa Rosa Chapel.

Soila Padilla prayed to the Virgin of San Juan so that her husband and her older son would stop drinking. 9 March 1949 the Virgin heard her prayers, and the son Simon got a good job and found a girlfriend. Her husband Melesio now drinks much less than before. Soila thanks for that offering the retablo to the Virgin.

Our kids got lost in the forest. We thank their angel guardian because he guided them to the house with his light. The children came back safe and sound.

Petronila and Samuel Campos, parents of the lost children
Rosita and Mario, the lost children

Virgin, I thank you because the eagle who stole my animals dropped my piglet but it wasn’t hurt. Thank you, Virgin.

1957

Cornelio Benitez got lost in the desert with his donkey. He was so desperate when he saw the vultures flying over him. He asked the Virgin of Guadalupe for guiding him in right direction. And so he and the donkey came out of the desert. He thanks for this miracle.

Antonio Gomez brings this retablo to Saint Isidore the Labourer thanking him for the new tractor that would help him a lot in his work.

My daughter Luisa started sleepwalking. She went out by nights. I prayed to the Virgin for a cure, and the Holy Virgin gave me an idea to add some holy water to the Luisa’s milk. So now my girl doesn’t walk by nights.

Lucia Martinez bought a new dress and her first high heeled shoes. She dressed up and went with her little brother to the town square so that all the boys could admire her. But when she was going up the stairs one heel got stuck in the crack and she fell on her back. Lucia gives thanks for she didn’t fall on her brother, nor the dog. Although the stairs were high, Luisa didn’t hurt herself either. She only bruised her elbow. She gives special thanks because the heel didn’t break.

May you be blessed, Virgin of Guadalupe, because we came back from the peasant war. With the slogan «Land and freedom to the people!» we defended our property that had been taken from us by bad government supported by the big landlords who got more richer while the peasant got poorer.

Elijio Crudo and Romualda Hernandez
Yautepec, Morelos, 1917

The Ramos family had two children conjoined at the back. With great difficulty the family managed to raise enough money, and doctors are going to separate them soon. They give thanks to the Virgin of Juquila for the forthcoming surgery.

One warm evening I was swimming underwater on the beach in Ixtapa, Ziuatanejo. I was admiring the beauty of the sea when suddenly a shark started to chase me. And of course I saw the devil near by it. He told the shark to attack me. But I entrusted myself to the Virgin of Zapopan and managed to save myself.