A lot of scorpions came from under the roof when I was washing my son Carlitos. I thank the Virgin of San Juan because they didn’t sting us and we managed to kill them all.

Rosa Maria Gonzalez Peña

The night of February 27, 1963, Casimiro Mendoza and his buddy Austerberto went to have few drinks in the tavern of don Venanzio. On their way back to the ranch they ran into the Death riding on horseback. With great fear, they implored the Virgin of San Juan, and she protected them. The Death passed by without approaching to them.

May 4, the boy Fidel was swinging and the rope broke. He fell and hit his head. His brother saw him lying like dead and prayed to the Virgin of San Juan so that everything would end well. And that moment, Fidel got up like nothing had happened.

Fidel and Julio Villacamacho
Puebla, Puebla — May 7, 1980

The Juanita Diaz’ daughter lost her balance and fell while walking out of the shower. She got hurt very badly. Juanita thanks the Virgin of San Juan because her daughter got no serious injuries.

I thank the Virgin of San Juan from the bottom of my heart for the miracle of winning my first mask for mask fight over The White Whirlwind. The fight was very difficult because my opponent had more experience than I did.

Gold Scorpion
Mexico City

I spoiled my dog and let it eat at the table. But when I married a wonderful woman, I was afraid she wouldn’t allow my dog to eat with us. But she happened to have two well-mannered piglets and they also ate at the table. I thank the Virgin of San Juan because we are a very happy family now.

Romualdo Garcia went to put flowers on his aunt Anacleta’s tomb. He had a macabre meeting with ghosts at the cemetery. They were walking along the tombs. Romualdo entrusted himself to the Virgin of San Juan and could escape. He thanks the Virgin with this retablo.

Virgin of San Juan, thank you because the doña Chole’s dog didn’t do any harm to me and only took sausages that my mother had asked me to buy.

Juan Manuel Nuñes
Tacubaya, Mexico City
August 1, 1980

On the Day of the Dead, the Martinez sisters were coming back from the market and met two skeletons who were celebrating their feast. The sisters ran to the church and prayed for the rest of the souls of the departed. The sisters thank the Virgin of San Juan because after they fulfilled this commitment they arrived home in time to prepare lunch for their husbands.

My son plays flute so wonderful that all the farm animals dance around him and the birds lay more eggs, and the goats give more milk, and the pigs have more piglets. I thank the Virgin of San Juan for giving my son this magic talent. Thanks to his music our farm prospers.

When my husband went to work to the north, I started to have horrible nightmares about a demon who visited me at nights. I was so scared, I was afraid to go to sleep. The I had an idea to put images of the Virgin of San Juan on the door and on the windows. After that, the demon never appeared in my dreams.

January 20, 1958

I thank the Virgin of San Juan because when my bus with the passengers fell of the cliff, it got stopped by a tree.

San Juan de los Lagos
October 26, 1958

Luna Salcedo was rehearsing her act with the elephant and fell of his back. He fell on the rocks, hit the head and started to see double. She was afraid she would going to be blind. So she prayed to the Virgin of San Juan and now thanks because she sees even better than before.