Sandra Martinez loved to ride her horse naked, because it aroused her. But one day her parents caught her and sent her to the city. She gives thanks to Saint Jerome for correcting her behavior.

The day, when I was going to marry Alonso, a lightning suddenly struck the church. It was strange, because it didn’t rain. We postponed the wedding, and then I found out that Alonso was already married. And the lightning was the Virgin of Guadalupe’s warning so that I wouldn’t marry him.

I thank the Virgin of the Solitude, because the hours I spent learning piano as a kid gave the result. Now I’m a recognized musician and I give many concerts in different countries. And the music is my passion.

My son Mario had a teacher in the boarding school who always yelled at him. The teacher was so demanding that my son became a sleep-walker. He went on the roof and threw his schoolmates’ shoes in the yard. I thank the Virgin because since I took Mario out of this school, he stopped walking in the sleep.

Cayetana Lopez dripped hot mole on her tit. Since no remedy helped her, she prayed to Saint Paschal. After that her terrible burn healed. She thanks for that with this retablo.

Puebla, 1914

Thank God, my fiancé and I went on our honeymoon to San Miguel de Allende, the cradle of the Bicentennial independence.

Rafael Vazquez was caught robbing tombs at the cemetery. He thanks Saint Pancras, because he didn’t stay in jail for long, and he promises to amend his ways.

August 25, 1953, Manuel Gonzalez was hit by a car. His mother, doña Luz, entrusted him to the saint patroness, the Virgin of Zapopan, so that he wouldn’t die. Thanks to the Virgin, her son is recovering.

April 5, 1950, Lucio Perez was drowning but he was saved by fishermen. He thanks the Virgin of the Rosary.

Lord Christ, I thank you for saving my brother’s life. He was working when logs fell on his chest. In this terrible situation I asked for your intervention to help him, and now I offer you the retablo.

Two grateful brothers, 1931

Lord of Chalma, I thank you for saving my son from vice. He was lost and stopped working. It got so bad, he fell seriously ill. He swore to stop drinking for 10 years. Five years have already passed, and I bring you this retablo, as I do every year, thanking you for his willpower.

Modesta G.

I inherited marvelous secret recipes from my grand-grandmother Rosa. But I thought they would gonna die with me, because none of my daughters liked to prepare elaborate dishes. I thank the Virgin for my granddaughter Maria Luisa is interested in cooking. She enjoyed preparing food and learning how to do it better. So now I have a heir for my recipes.

I thank St. Quiteria for a rabid dog didn’t bite my daughter Catalina.

Juana Laura Moreno