Joaquin Morales had a dream with naked she-devils who started to bite him off. He suffered very much and prayed to Saint Jude Thaddeus. The saint delivered him from the she-devils, and Joaquin is thankful for that.
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
— tagged with “devil”
Joaquin Morales had a dream with naked she-devils who started to bite him off. He suffered very much and prayed to Saint Jude Thaddeus. The saint delivered him from the she-devils, and Joaquin is thankful for that.
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
I only hope that when you’ll decide to end my life, you will open the gate to the celestial Kingdom for me, even though I sold my soul to Lucifer.
Retablo by Unknown artist #21
The devil tried to tempt me with an enormous pearl. It was so big and so beautiful, that I almost yielded to the temptation. I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe, because she strengthened my belief and I resisted.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
Pascual Diaz was so drunk he saw the devil who tried to pierce him. Only thanks to the miracle of the Virgin of Zapopan Pascual was able to get rid of this vice. He thanks the Virgin.
Retablo by Maya Prieto Salazar
I’m thanking Our Lord Jesus Christ for letting me see how the devil took this damned brute who had caused the disaster with his crazy driving, when he had run over me and had broken my legs.
Junipero Perez
Mexico, 1958
Retablo by Gustavo Villeda
My husband went crazy with jealousy, because the devil possessed him. I was pretty close to got killed, when he shot me three times. But thanks to St. Michael the Archangel no bullet shot out of the pistol, and my husband calmed down.
Retablo by Unknown artist #11
My son Juanito got seriously ill, but the Virgin miraculously saved him.
Retablo by David Mecalco
I was coming back from my brother-in-law’s house where I had plastered walls. I had had some drinks. Suddenly the fucking devil appeared to me. I was so scared, even my drunkenness went away. I asked you, Lord of Chalma, to protect me and keep evil away from me. Now I’m thanking you and promise not to say anymore what I used to say: «Go fuck your mother, Devil and all your friends!»
Jorge Anzaldo
Observatorio neighborhood, Mexico
April 19, 1999
Retablo by Luis Vilchis
I was a very naughty girl once. But the Virgin helped me to get out of this bad relationship.
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
I was in a rage after I had heard that Maria had neglected me and had decided to marry my best friend Artemio. The goddamn Devil climbed up on me and I stabbed Artemio. But when I saw death coming after him and when I realized that all this was only an infamous slender I prayed to God for saving Artemio’s life. In repentance I ask God for forgiveness and I offer this retablo for saving Artemio from death.
Elijio
Xochimilco, Mexico, 1950
Retablo by Alfredo Vilchis
My bed became possessed by a devil who arrived every night to sleep in it. And I had to sleep in the living room in a very uncomfortable position because I didn’t know what to do. Until one night my cat saw the devil’s tail and tried to eat it thinking it was a snake. My cat bit it, and the devil jumped out of the bed screaming like hell. After that he never came back. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan for giving my bed back because it has such a soft mattress that I bought in Guadalajara.
Retablo by Selva Prieto Salazar