March 18, 1958, Maria Luisa Hernandez was washing her son and slipped on a soap. She hit herself badly and had to stay in bed. She thought she’d never be able to walk again. In tears, she prayed to the Virgin of San Juan so that she’d heal her back and her legs. The merciful Virgin heard her, and April 22, Maria felt herself much better. Now she walks again and thanks the Virgin.

When Marina Martinez was swimming in the sea, she had a congestion because she went swimming after having eaten. She lost her senses and went to the bottom because she swallowed a lot of water. But thanks to her devotion to the Virgin of San Juan the Virgin sent dolphins to help her. The dolphins took her out of the water and brought to the coast before she drowned.

My wife began to eat in the bed. I hated it because there were a lot of crumbs in the bed. Also she chewed it with so much noise that I couldn’t sleep or watch TV. But the worst thing was that I was on a diet. But thanks to my prayers to the Virgin of San Juan an ant army came to our bed attracted by the food. They bit my wife so she stopped eating in bed.

My son Arturo was a restless child. And, of course, at the chemistry class, he enjoyed doing experiments that end with explosions. I was afraid he’d be expelled from the school but the teacher told me I have nothing to worry about and that Arturo is the only one who shows a lively interest in chemistry, unlike his classmates. I thank the Virgin of San Juan.

My husband and my son were bewitched by a mermaid singing. These fools wouldn’t fish. They came back home with no fish. Finally they realized that we had nothing to eat or to sell at the market. We were dying from hunger. So then they put corks in their ears for not to be bewitched. They were able to fish again, and I thank the Virgin for we have food on our table again.

The Luis Morales’s cat was bitten by a dog. It happened right after the cat had her kittens. Luis thanks the Virgin for the kittens are all right because he nursed them with the feeding bottle. And the cat is feeling better also.

Alfredo Martinez thanks the Virgin of San Juan because he met the great comic actor Cantinflas, whom he admires so much.

Sunday morning, a lost soul left her baby at my kitchen door. Since my husband and I lived alone and all our kids moved out, we adopted the baby. We thank the Virgin of San Juan for this marvelous blessing to have another baby.

I had a cockroach invasion in my kitchen. They climbed on the table when my friend Laura, who is fanatical about cleanliness, visited me. I almost died of embarrassment. I didn’t know what to do and I prayed to the Virgin of San Juan, so that she would help me in such a difficulty moment. Thanks to her divine intervention all cockroaches disappeared that night. I thank the Virgin because Laura didn’t part company with me after that incident. I love her very much and we have fun together.

Felipe R. decided to kill himself because nobody understood him. He threw himself into the lake. But one guy saved him. It was a great miracle of the Virgin of San Juan, because this guy became to Felipe love of his life. Felipe gives thanks with this retablo.

July 21, 1959

My wife painted our bedroom in insanely red color. She also decorated it with red things. All because she had read in a magazine that red is the color of the passion. I thank the Virgin of San Juan that she finally came to her senses because this horrible color caused her the headache and irritated her eyes. So she painted all white again.

My son Raulito almost drowned when he was swimming with his friends. Only thanks to the Virgin of San Juan, other kids could save him in time. I give thanks.

My husband was spending time drinking at the bar and didn’t work. One day he saw his buddy Samuel Rios’s skeleton who had died of drink. The skeleton offered him to drink to the best. My husband was so scared with this hallucination that he stopped drinking. I thank the Virgin of San Juan for it happened.