Saint Peter, I give thanks to you because I was able to save my brother the he was drowning, and you helped me to save him.
Miguel, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1960
— tagged with “accident”
Saint Peter, I give thanks to you because I was able to save my brother the he was drowning, and you helped me to save him.
Miguel, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1960
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
My brother Eduardo Davila was working at a building construction and fell off the roof. I saw him falling and entrusted him to God to save his life, in spite of falling from up high. But he continued to fall and broke his neck and fell on the lady who was selling tacos, and she lost the use of her legs after the blow.
Gulliermo Davila, August 16, 1974
Retablo by E. Collins
In 1925, a terrible accident happened when the bus, which young Frida Kahlo was traveling in, crashed into a tram. I was present at the moment. I thank Our Holy Mother of Guadalupe because the young girls survived and became a great painter.
Juana Cruz, Mexico City
Retablo by Flor Palomares
The other day, while cleaning the windows of an eight-story building, I saw pretty girls dancing zumba in one apartment. I was staring at them like an idiot, and I slipped and almost fell down. I entrusted myself to Saint Augustine who saved me from the danger and gave me the strength to climb back up. I promise him to be careful and concentrated at my work.
Claudio Gonzalez \ Mexico City
Retablo by Flor Palomares
Gregorio Robledo worked as a double in a movie, and he was accidentally stabbed in the back with a sword. He gives infinite thanks to Saint Charbel with this retablo because it wasn’t very serious and he’s already got out of the hospital.
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
Agustin Mendoza was doing acrobatic tricks on his monocycle, when a car ran a red light and hit him. He gives many thanks to the Child of Atocha because he only suffered a leg fracture and the guilty one is in the jail.
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
The Mendoza brothers, Samuel and Luis, were horse racing, and one of them hit a branch. They give due thanks to the Merciful Lord for he recovered and didn’t became idiot.
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
Luisa Ramos was modeling for an adult magazine, climbing on a tree. But the branch broke off, and she fell down. She thanks Saint Nicholas for she only broke her arm and will be back to her usual activities soon.
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
Once I helped my friend to carry his paintings. I broke my heel on the stairs and twisted my leg. I crashed down. I checked the paintings, they were safe, but my middle finger was bent somehow not right. I put him in his place. The I wrapped it in cabbage leaves for a month.
I thank my Guardian Angel because my finger became normal without any doctor’s help.
Retablo by Elena Bukina
A part of the road that Gregorio Canales took got crumbled and he fell down the cliff with his dog and his horse. But thanks to the Virgin of Zapopan’s miraculous intervention no one from the was hurt because they fell on shrubbery and it softened the blow.
Retablo by Selva Prieto Salazar
Dionicio thanks the Virgin of San Juan for saving him from dying when his horse went crazy and ran away with him being unable to control it until his dog Manchas was able to stop it and saved him in this way.
January 15, 1985
Ixtlahuaca, Mexico
Retablo by Daniel Vilchis
Mr. Eugenio gives thanks to the Holy Lord of Chalma because he saved his life when his truck’s brakes failed on the way from Cuernavaca. He testifies his gratitude and wholeheartedly asks to always bless his way.
October 17, 1985
Retablo by Daniel Vilchis
I was riding my tricycle, when a baby crossed the road and I hit him. But thanks to the divine intervention of the Holy Virgin of Guadalupe he got off with a scratch.
Otilio Garcia
Retablo by Medora García