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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

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Our piglet ran away and went to the railroad tracks. My son Felipe went to drag it off right before the approaching train. It was a miracle of the Virgin of Guadalupe that he managed to pull the piglet before the train hit them. Thanks.

On her third year in the boarding school, Dorita Martinez started to sleep-walking. She and her little sister Sandra prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan for curing Dorita because the nuns had told that if she wouldn’t stop sleep-walking they’d send her back home before the end of the school year. And Dorita was bored in her village. They thank the Virgin because she got cured.

Guadalajara, Jalisco
June 9, 1959

Genaro and I began to sell flowers on our donkey. Thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe things went well. Now we have four flower shops and we put our kids in good schools and the University so they could become architects and doctors.

Rosita Martinez thanks the Holy Heart because since she began to read books of fantasy, she has marvelous dreams. When she grows up, she wanted to be a writer to write stories about unicorns, mermaids and dragons.

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Danisia thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe because her son Martin didn’t poison himself when he swallowed some pills. She brings the retablo.

January 21, 1985
Mexico City

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My daughters love to play flute in the henhouse, because they say it has a good acoustic. The chicken seem to be happier. I’m also happy because they lay more eggs and I have more money selling the eggs.

My son Raul went to the market to buy sausages and on his way back he was attacked by an enormous dog, that jumped on him and knocked him down. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan because the beast only ate the sausages and the bread and didn’t bite my son.

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I thank the Virgin for giving me strenght to live and to help my partner.

Luis H. P. 1977

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An extraterrestrial landed near our house and began to hypnotize my son in order to abduct him. But thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe our dog began bark. It distracted the extraterrestrial, and my son was able to run into the house. And the extraterrestrial took only a hypnotized chicken.

My wife had a difficult labour. But thanks to the Lord of the Wonders she gave birth to a beautiful baby. I offer this retablo because they both are feeling well and I’m very happy to be a father first time.

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I was washing my baby girl in the river. She was splashing around and got hit by the wave. She started to drown. Horrified, I prayed to the Holy Child the Savior of the World so that she wouldn’t be dragged by the current. The Blessed Child worked the miracle, and I was able to save my little daughter before the river took her away. I dedicate this retablo thanking for everything ended well.

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The teacher Maria Molina always fell asleep in class because she had insomnia at night. The school principal threatened to fire her if she would continue to sleep because the children made noise and were very naughty while she was sleeping. Maria was afraid and prayed to the Virgin of San Juan. And by the miracle now she sleeps at night like a baby and never sleeps in class.