The fishing went badly because there were no fish in the waters. So I decided to take a nap and wait if any fish would come later. Suddenly, in my dream, I saw two beautiful mermaids. They were putting fish in my boat. When I woke up there were no mermaids, but my boat was filled with large fish. And then I heard a wonderful sing far away. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan for this miracle.

One night I went fishing, and my boat sank. The sea was filled with sharks, and I got very scared for my life. But then I heard wings fluttering and I saw my Guardian angel who took me out of the water before the sharks attacked me. I thank my Guardian angel for that miracle.

My husband and my son were bewitched by a mermaid singing. These fools wouldn’t fish. They came back home with no fish. Finally they realized that we had nothing to eat or to sell at the market. We were dying from hunger. So then they put corks in their ears for not to be bewitched. They were able to fish again, and I thank the Virgin for we have food on our table again.

One morning, my brother and I went fishing. Suddenly two sharks appeared near us. We turned gray with fright, but that moment we implored Saint Peter for saving us from such a deadly danger. Little by little the sharks began to swim away. We bring this ex-voto, with all our faith and devotion.

Jasinto and Aurelio Benitez
Tampico, 1970

Dr. Jaime Robledo became a neurotic. He thanks the Holy Child Doctor for finding out that he’s fond of fish. Now when he is watching his aquarium, he calms down and finds his peace of mind.

Saint Barbara helped a widow with fishing and saved the woman and her baby from hunger.

The fishermen Pascual and Cayetano Rios thank the Archangel Raphael because a beautiful mermaid with her magic singing made so the fish jumped in their boat without using the net.

Juan Velasquez was water skiing in Acapulco, and a shark started to follow him. He thanks Saint Peter with this retablo for protection so the shark didn’t have him for dinner.

We dedicate this retablo to the Virgin of San Juan for a great fishing. Thanks to that I managed to save money for my daughter Laura’s 15th birthday.

Juan and his son Pablo Megia
Veracruz, Mexico
September 11, 2001

Bartolo and Jaime Aguirre give thanks to Saint Peter for an incredible fishing season. So now they are going to buy a new motorboat.

One warm evening I was swimming underwater on the beach in Ixtapa, Ziuatanejo. I was admiring the beauty of the sea when suddenly a shark started to chase me. And of course I saw the devil near by it. He told the shark to attack me. But I entrusted myself to the Virgin of Zapopan and managed to save myself.

Nicolas Hernandez offered this retablo to the Virgin of Guadalupe because she saved him from being eaten by the sharks when he was surfing at the beach while on honeymoon with his wife. When I noticed the danger, I entrusted myself to you and now I’m alive to tell about it.

Nicolas and Patricia from Mexico City
February 14, 2001

We went fishing, and our boat started leaking. There were a lot of hungry sharks around the boat. We asked the Virgin of the Rosary for protection, and miraculously we arrived to the shore before our boat sank and we were eaten by the sharks. We thank for that.