Young Pablo Gomez was bullied a lot in the school until one day he rebelled against his aggressor and attacked him with a hammer. He thank Saint John Bosco for he was only expelled and didn’t face any charges.

Luis Mendoza loved to play cards. But one day he didn’t pay, and the mafiosi broke his hand with a hammer as a punishment. Luis thanks the Virgin of San Juan for this rough lesson and promises to amend his ways.

I dedicate this retablo to Saint Martin de Porres. For a long time, I was drinking, idling about and stealing. I didn’t care about my father’s carpenter shop. So now I became a fakir. I hammer nails not in the timber, but into my tongue and my body.