We thank the Virgin of Zapopan for healing our spotted cow. She was so sick after giving birth to her calf, we thought she was going to die.

Virgin, help me with the cow Dora who won’t let milk her. Thanks.

Irma Fuentes

I thank Jesus for giving me positive proof that my dog Thunder is not the reincarnation of my landlord to whom I owed a lot of money.

Martin Gonzalez was passionate about marine biology. He thanks the Virgin of Zapopan because he discovered a giant crab while diving. Moreover he managed to take a photograph of the crab and to study it.

The little girl Rosita Morena gives thanks to the Virgin of Zapopan for curing her kitten who was so sad and didn’t even wanted to play with the yarn that it liked very much.

Evelina Flores always dreamt of handsome man on the horse who would arrive to brighten up her dreary and lonely life. She thanks the Holy Cross for sending Ramon to her. Although he didn’t come to her on horseback but he brought warmth and love into her life. She dedicates this retablo for making her dream come true.

June 27, 1945

Raul and Carlitos Lopez saved a kitten who fell down in a well. They thank the Holy Virgin of San Juan because the kitten didn’t drown, and now they are keeping him as a pet.

17 <…> 1969 hundreds of spiders started falling from the dry wood that was in front of the house. They fell on my little son Juanito and bit him. I entrusted him to Saint Michael the Archangel and the boy only had fever but recovered quickly. We dedicate this retablo to Saint Michael because he protected my son from the spider venom.

Miriam Gomes paints the animals at the ranch. Please, make her quit this habit.

1975

My donkey Clavelina got sick and I had to take the mule to go to the town to sell the flowers. The mule was very stubborn and bad-mannered. On the slope of the hill he no longer wanted to walk. No matter how much we pulled and pushed him, he didn’t move. Only after we asked Saint Francis for help we managed to made him go. So we arrived to the town and sold the flowers. Also I give thanks to the saint because he healed my Clavelina who is a very joyful and obedient donkey.

Blanca Estela Romero offers this retablo to Saint Peter thanking him because she managed to get a job as a coach of killer whales in an american water park and she is doing well.

Jasinta Romero brings this retablo to Saint Nicholas because her puppy got better after her godfather’s mule had stamped on it.

Puebla, 1930

We heard in the news about frost and snowing coming next night. Our mayor even ordered to organize the shelters for homeless. But nobody thought about animals. So my daughter and I went to take every cat and dog from the street. We shelter them in our house, and we feed them. We thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for they didn’t fight with each other and stayed quietly through the frost.