My mother confirmed my suspicions about my husband when she saw him walking with other women. That’s why he was almost never home and wouldn’t come to sleep sometimes. Then I entrusted myself, with all my heart, to Saint James the Apostle so that he would straighten my husband. And now my hubby is always at home. He even does household chores and cooks. He’s faithful now and I thank for that.

Antonieta Zavala — Yucatan

The Teodoro brothers and Lucio Garcia thanks Saint James the Apostle because they rooster El Giro won over the White Cock which had never lost a fight before. With the money they won they payed off their debts.

Aguascalientes, 1949

Lorenza Gonzalez brings this retablo to Saint James thanking him because her old man broke off the bad habit after he saw the ghost of Agapito Treviño, or the White Horse.

Monterrey, 1911

Tereso Villegas worked in a bar where the men treated him rude and disrespectfully. He prayed to Saint James, and now they treat him nicely. He thanks for that with the retablo.

Mexico, 1968

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.

We thanks Saint James the Apostle for taking care of us during our foreign tour and for providing a good health to ours artists.

Circus Arcoiris Show

A wrestler fell down on Joaquin Reyes and badly injured his back. Joaquin prayed to Saint James and got better. He thanks for that.

Mr. Arturo Domingues suffered because his daughter was an easy chick. He was afraid that one day she could get pregnant by some guy. He thanks Saint James because his daughter finally changed for better and amended her ways.

At the Christmas party in the neighborhood I went to put some liquor in my punch. Since I was already tipsy I got into the piñata event and was kicked in the head. I give thanks to Saint James the Apostle because I got only the lump. I promise not to drink so much.

Serapio Esparza
Oaxaca, 1968

The young man Raul Sarmiento ate a lot of dry chili peppers in order to impress his fiancée. He had a choke from it. He thanks Saint James for nothing serious happened and promises never to do it again.

Alberto Aguilar thanks Saint James with this retablo for receiving good money for three foxes he captured. These foxes caused damage on a ranch, and Alberto now is going to let them free in a distant place.

The cavalryman Jorge Sanchez thanks the Apostle James with this retablo because he won the show jumping competition with his horse. And thanks to that he was decorated by the army.

The wrestler Gaudencio Morales thanks Saint James for winning the hair vs. hair match against Eduardo Sanchez.

“Cabellera contra cabellera” (hair vs. hair) is a type of wrestling match where both wrestlers place their hair as a wager and the loser gets his head shaved.