There were some apple trees near the river, and the apples had ripened. We went to gather them before they fall to the ground. When we were coming back with baskets full of apples the terrifying encounter happened. We met two skeletons of revolutionaries on our way. One of them was zapatista, the other one was his companion-adelita. They went with their horse. When we saw them we entrusted ourselves to the Virgin of the Rosary. The skeletons passed by and didn’t notice us. Later we found out that they had been waiting in ambush since the Revolution and that day they inspected around. We thank the Virgin because if we had said one world they would have killed us.

Adelita is a type of woman warrior who accompanied a revolutionary during the Mexican Revolution. The term derived from the popular revolutionary song “La Adelita”.

The devil made my horse stumble, and I fell and hit my head on the rocks on the road. After that I continue to see the devil for many days. The devil mocked me, and I saw him even with closed eyes. So I prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan, and she made this vision disappear. Now I see normal and see no devil.

The Holy Child of Atocha saved me and my horse from a lighting that struck in a tree near us. We got singed a little but nothing serious happened to us.

August 21, 1966

I give thanks to the Virgin of Zapopan because my horse El Rojo (Red) got better after illness and didn’t die.

Jesus Torres
Guadalajara, Jalisco, 17 May 1949

I give thanks to the Christ Almighty for protecting me and my horse Nevado (Snowy) on November 3, 1949. We were taking some passengers to the market in San Andres and the stallion was unbridled. The good Christ took pity on me, so neither I, nor Nevado got hurt. Although for the passengers it came out very badly.

My fiancé and I give thanks to the Holy Sacrament because we got married and we are so enamored of each other. On the day of the wedding, we were so happy, that when we came out the church we started running and laughing, because the musicians we had hired followed us but they couldn’t play a tune and were making a lot of gestures.

[...] thank the Virgin for these marvelous moments. When we arrived on horseback to our house and his little brother and sister with his dogs came to give us a welcome, I felt like I was a part of him.

Pedro Garcia fell off the horse and didn’t come to consciousness, because he hit his head on stones. His brother Raul was scared and prayed to the Virgin of Zapopan so that Pedro would recover his consciousness. And he did, and he didn’t die.

A being from another galaxy arrived and got to the animals. Thanks for it didn’t cause any harm to them.

The death was riding his horse around the town. Everyone was frightened that the death would take someone, so they prayed to the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Evelina Flores always dreamt of handsome man on the horse who would arrive to brighten up her dreary and lonely life. She thanks the Holy Cross for sending Ramon to her. Although he didn’t come to her on horseback but he brought warmth and love into her life. She dedicates this retablo for making her dream come true.

June 27, 1945

Miriam Gomes paints the animals at the ranch. Please, make her quit this habit.

1975