We suffered from a terrible hallucination. Thank goodness nothing bad happened to us.

The day when we married, we were so happy that when we came out of the church, we took our hands and we just ran away leaving all the people behind. There were just the two of us loving each other so much. We thank to the Virgin of Zapopan for our great love and happiness that even birds came to the church singing for us.

My boyfriend went to work abroad. I had no news from him for a while, so I was sad. I asked St. Francis of Assisi for a sign. And one day a flock of birds flew over to me and told me good news about my boyfriend. I thank St. Francis for I was able to communicate with the birds.

Oralia Nava

We went to the town to sell our animals. On our way a big eagle appeared to us. It wanted to eat our animals. So we asked the Virgin of San Juan for protection and for her intervention right away. The Virgin made us this favor. She scared the bird away, and then we arrived to the town and sold the animals on the market. And on our way back home we didn’t meet the eagle either.

My rooster The Colorado had to fight with The White Cock. It was famous for being very fierce. I prayed to Saint Francis of Assisi so that nothing would happen with my rooster and he would survive the fight. No only he survived, but won the fight. Now my rooster is the best in the area. I dedicate this retablo for that.

Clemente Piña
Aguascalientes

Alfonso Romero thanks Saint Bruno with this retablo because he won the wild duck hunting competition. He is going to donate his reward to various charitable foundations.

Señor Ernesto Treviño felt very lonely. But one day he noticed that pigeons in the park flying to him. Now every day, when he comes to feed the birds, hundreds of them gather around him. He thanks Saint Francis for that.

My hens laid big and delicious eggs, but even still my farm had a hard competition with others. I prayed to the Virgin of Guadalupe, and then one of my hens laid the biggest egg I’ve ever seen. It made my farm famous. Now people visit me to look at the egg and to buy my production.

I thank Saint Anthony because I married a good man who loves me and the animals. He accepted me with my monkey, two dogs, two cats and my little bird. Now we’re all happy on his ranch.

Since I was little girl, I dreamt about flying. And few nights ago the Virgin of Guadalupe presented me with the flight. You might consider it just a dream, bit I know it was real, because I saw myself the fields down there and the rising sun that gilded the world [...]

I give thanks to the Saint Francis, because, since I was a little girl, I have been able to communicate with the birds. Wherever I go I’m never alone, because the birds found me and keep me a company. With their songs, they make me happy.

We had a hail storm in July. Hailstone were as big as eggs. We thank Saint Francis for we managed to bring all our animals in the house before they died from cold and the smaller ones smashed by hailstones.