On the Day of the Dead, I went out to see if my son was coming home from school. Since our home was beside the cemetery, I found out that the skeletons left their graves. They were very happily walking down the street. All the people in the town hid in the houses. We thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because the next day the skeletons came back to the cemetery and rested in peace.

When Matilda Corona went to gather some prickly pears, a nagual appeared to her. The nagual started to persuade her to go with him and he promised her a treasure. Matilda thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe because she realized that the nagual was lying. She didn’t accept his proposition and didn’t fall in his trap. Matilda came back home, and the nagual never bother her since.

April 14, 1968

May you be praised, God and the Virgin of Guadalupe. I was swimming on the Zihuatanejo beach, when suddenly two mermaids dragged me to the bottom of the sea. I thought I was going to drown, because I had no air to breathe. Then one mermaid kissed me, and I fainted. When I awoke, I was lying on the sand on the beach.

Amador Ramirez
August 2, 1986

Señor Arturo and his son Antonio give infinite thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe because she gave them enough strength to cross Arizona desert and to fulfill their American dream of coming to USA.

Mexico City — January 11, 1985

Thank you, Virgin, because you heard my prayers for help me to kick the booze, although it was pretty scary.

Gumersindo Jimenez went abroad for work when he was a little boy. He gives thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe because he managed to make some money. He bought a carousel and returned back to his beloved Mexico to work with his family.

Zitacuaro, Michoacan

Raquel Diaz thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe with this retablo because now she is a professional boxer and has more than 10 wins by knockout.

I was very ill. I had a fever. In my dream I saw the devil who came to took my soul. But the Virgin of Guadalupe send her angel to help me. So the angel and the devil played cards for my soul. The angel won, so when I woke up next morning my temperature settled and I was feeling better. I thank the Virgin for that.

Ines Sanchez thanks the Virgin for miraculously saving her life.

I want to thank God and the Virgin of Guadalupe with this ex-voto because it’s time for the Day of the Dead. Every year I make an altar in memory of my late husband Rogaciano. My heart is filled with joy when I feel the presence of his soul. I am overwhelmed with emotions.

Agripina Gonzalez
Rancho Two Brothers, Jalisco, Mexico
November 2, 1962

Thank you, Virgin of Guadalupe, for giving me the courage and the tolerance to listen the damned devil’s sins.

Father Francisco
Oaxaca, 1966

Pedro and Ramon love each other and are very happy thanks to the Virgin.

November 21, 2005
Mexico City

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because my husband didn’t find out about my affair. I ask to understand that I had no choice. We sin but because of love. I will never forget that.

Lucha, the enamored
Colonia Roma, Mexico City
February 14, 2000