Thank you, Saint Jude Thaddeus, for hearing me when I told you that I couldn’t continue with my pregnancy since I already have three kids and couldn’t support another one. I know you heard me because you deals with the most difficult requests.

Dolores, 26 years — State of Mexico

Thanks, Saint Jude, for looking after me in my fights.

Lightning from Jalisco

To Saint Jude Thaddeus I give thanks because he cured my impotence.

Abelardo Torres

My gratitude is to Saint Jude for giving me luck of knowing doña Susy who have been my teacher in many things. I also give thanks to her.

Inocente

The factory where I worked was closed down, and I was left without a job. But one friend told me there was a job. Saint Jude, I beg you to look after me.

Lorena Aspetia

My diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy made in a private clinic (during the medical tests) has been reasonably refuted in a municipal clinic. So now I can allow myself, with a light heart, not to count how many beer bottles I drink at the party. I thanks Saint Jude Thaddeus for that.

D. Babenko

Saint Jude Thaddeus, bless my work to keep following these paths of the art, with health, faith, hope and love.

Corner of the miracles, Minas de Cristo, Mexico City
October 28, 2009

+ addition “The artist at work”

My family and I are asking Saint Jude Thaddeus to stop this pandemic, and thanks to Saint Jude we don’t have COVID-19 coronavirus.

Estela Alberto, 2020

When Jasinta Ramirez was swimming in the river, two chaneques appeared and chased her. She implored Saint Jude and, despite being in her bare skin, arrived safely to her hut. She thanks for that bringing this retablo.

Puebla, 1918

Notes:
Chaneque are legendary creatures in Mexican folklore. They are conceived of as small, sprite-like beings, elemental forces and guardians of nature.

One night leaving the bar I met this woman at a corner. She invited me to the hotel, and she made me feel that my wife denied me. She gave me confidence, and I learned with her advices and therapy in the bed. Now my wife is very happy. My marriage is saved, and I will never forget hat woman. San Jude Thaddeus, thank you for keeping my secret about the hotel.

El Inocente,
Mexico City — October 28, 2010

Saint Jude Thaddeus, I thank you for finding an inspiration in wrestling to create paintings with folk tradition and fantasies of my Mexico, to the world.



Alley of miracles, Minas de Cristo, 2011

Ramon Meneses ended up in the hospital because his jealous girlfriend tried to strangle him while he was watching soccer. He brings this retablo to Saint Jude Thaddeus thanking him for he’s feeling better and she has been arrested.

Saint Jude Thaddeus, thank you for protecting me. I took advantage of my husband being drunk and managed to escape. When my husband went to drink, he used to chain me in the house so I wouldn’t go out. That’s how jealous he was. When he came back from the street I asked him to unchain me to go to the bathroom. He did so. When I finished in the bathroom I noticed that my husband fell asleep. I ran away and hid myself in shrublands. Then I saw my husband walking near me with a whip in his hand—to whip me. I was very scared and decided to leave him. I went to the capital to my aunt and uncle and save myself from this cruel man.

Laura Mejia, Mexico City, 1952