We thank the Virgin of the Solitude for looking after us during our tour around the country and for keeping our fellow artists healthy.

Circus “Arcoiris Show”
Celaya, Guanajuato

Thank you, Virgin of the Solitude, for healing me from a painful illness that I caught from a client because I was very careless about protection. I prayed you and now I’m back to work as a prostitute at my corner.

Julia
Merced, Mexico City
January 2004

My buddy and I were coming back after the sowing. We took the short way, through the cemetery, and there the beheaded bride appeared to us. She scared us. We prayed to you, Virgin of the Solitude, so the bride would o away. And she disappeared. Thanks.

Nochixtlan, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1976

I thank you, Virgin of the Solitude, for keeping me healthy, saving and protecting me in this job that helps me to survive day by day, as long as my body keeps it up.

The Bootyfull
Merced, Mexico City, 2009

I was riding my bike down the street, when suddenly a demon got out from a hole and blocked my way. But the Virgin of the Solitude worked the magnificent miracle and gave me wings for sufficient time so I flew over the demon and managed to escape from him.

1968

I wasn’t a good person in the past year. I spread scandal rumors <…> One night many devils started to come out from under my bed <…> I thank the Virgin of the Solitude and promise to be a good person.

Maria Eugenia Campos thanks the Virgin of the Solitude with this retablo for a successful breast augmentation surgery. Now she feels more confident and has much more self-esteem.

Strange creatures appeared on my ceiling by night. But my prayers to the Virgin of the Solitude helped me to get rid of them. Thanks.

July 17, 1973

J. H. gives thanks the Virgin of the Solitude with this retablo because he managed to escape from the prison and leave the country. He promises to amend his ways.

When Timoteo Perez was gathering the maguey sap, he found himself in serious danger, because an UFO was going to abduct him. He prayed the Virgin of the Solitude and didn’t get hurt. He only pissed his pants out of fear.

Concepcion y Refugio Rosales, known as The Little Sparrows, from the bottom of their hearts, dedicate this retablo to the Virgin of the Solitude for endowing them with the gift of singing. Thanks to their voices the can help their family and they are much loved in the town.

Tlaxcala

Andres Ortega thanks the Virgin of the Solitude with this retablo because no damage was done to his house during the strong hurricane. He also asks to give him strength to help his less fortunate neighbors.

I dedicate this retablo to the Virgin of the Solitude because I managed to work another year on this angle to send money back to Oaxaca to my parents so they wouldn’t lack anything. I beg from the bottom of my heart to look after them for me.

Morena
Merced, Mexico City — May 10, 2009