I thank the Holy Cross because we were drinking on its holiday and thanks to that we avoided the metro accident.

Maik, 3/5/21

~ Mexico City Metro overpass collapse

I, a street musician, was walking with my doggies Canico and Capi, when suddenly the bony death appeared dancing to the rhythm of my violin. I was so scared, I implored the Holy Cross, and it disappeared.

Anastacio Valdez

We dedicate this retablo to the miraculous Holy Cross. We were very happy riding the carousel when my little Robertito fell off the horse and got stuck under the wheel. It was a miracle he didn’t became crippled. We bring this testimony of divine intervention for this.

The Villareal and Librado Limantour family

Enormous cockroaches invaded my kitchen. I was afraid that my little son Martin who put everything in his mouth would eat one of those. I tried to kill the cockroaches but they were too many and never end. They were coming and coming. I prayed the Holy Cross for help, and thanks to its divine intervention the cockroaches <…>

I give thanks to the Holy Cross. We were going to San Felipe square when suddenly Filemon, my donkey, got mad from fear and created a real havoc. Then the señor gendarme wanted to arrest him but the donkey was carrying all my goods. But God spoke to his heart, and he let us go.

I dedicate this retablo and entrust this precious woman to the Holy Cross. Although she was a whore, she gave her life for the cause of the Mexican revolution. She died brutally slaughtered but taking out many federals with her.

Marieta, don’t be flirty
Because men are very bad
They promise lots of gifts
And what they give are pure hits.

Chihuahua, 1912

I was watering the flowers on the roof when I fell down with flowerpots. While I was falling down I noticed the most handsome man in the world in a window. He must have been an angel sent by the Holy Cross to save me because nothing serious happened with me and I didn’t even get bruises..

I thank the Holy Cross. I was so unlucky. My husband brought me to live to my mother-in-law’s house. But doña Petronila didn’t like me at all. She made my life miserable, and one day she even gave me a thrashing because I hadn’t washed the socks properly. But the Holy Cross made the miracle and softened her heart, so she doesn’t bully me anymore.

Rosalia Suarez

Evelina Flores always dreamt of handsome man on the horse who would arrive to brighten up her dreary and lonely life. She thanks the Holy Cross for sending Ramon to her. Although he didn’t come to her on horseback but he brought warmth and love into her life. She dedicates this retablo for making her dream come true.

June 27, 1945

In the name of all women in the world I dedicate this ex-voto to the Holy Cross for those women who were cowardly killed in Juarez, Chihuahua. I ask you with sorrow in my heart to receive their souls and present them to paradise. And let this evil stop. Protect women from it. May all the women be blessed. One more Mexican is asking you.

Alfredo Vilchis R.
Minas de Cristo, Mexico, 2004

The demon played a bad joke on me and my daughter. He made small pieces of coal fall on our clothes and put it on fire. But thanks to the Holy Cross we managed to put out the fire. We thank for that.