I was cutting beefsteaks for doña Mari and I cut my wrist. I though I’d gonna lose my hand. I entrusted myself to you, my mother Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, asking to not let me lose my hand. Now I’m thanking you because it’s been healed.

Joel Rodriguez
Mexico City — May 15, 1998

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for healing me after a dog bit my leg when I was walking out the butcher shop.

Pancha Ramos
Tacubaya, Mexico City, 1960

I offer this retablo to Saint Jude because he saved my father’s hand which he cut when while chopping the meat he turned to look at the legs of a girl. The hand wouldn’t heal. So I prayed you, and it healed.

His son Tono
Tacubaya, Mexico City
October 12, 2005

Jasinta Bermejo beat her old man with a stick so he would stop leading an immoral life. But she overdid it, and her husband almost died. She thanks Saint Paschal Baylon with this retablo for her husband got recovered and didn’t die.

Puebla, 1915

I sold the oranges at the market and bought the piglet. I rode my donkey holding the piglet, when we fell into a pit. I fell down and the donkey with the piglet fell over me. I couldn’t move. I thought we were going to die down there in the dark. But thanks to Saint Francis a muleteer was passing by. He heard my screams, and he helped me out. I bruised myself but I was safe. The donkey and the piglet, since they fell on me, were also alright. I give thanks.

March 18, 1958, Maria Luisa Hernandez was washing her son and slipped on a soap. She hit herself badly and had to stay in bed. She thought she’d never be able to walk again. In tears, she prayed to the Virgin of San Juan so that she’d heal her back and her legs. The merciful Virgin heard her, and April 22, Maria felt herself much better. Now she walks again and thanks the Virgin.

The Luis Morales’s cat was bitten by a dog. It happened right after the cat had her kittens. Luis thanks the Virgin for the kittens are all right because he nursed them with the feeding bottle. And the cat is feeling better also.

The girl Alfonsina Suarez brings this retablo to Saint John Bosco thanking him because her injuries weren’t so serious when she swung too hard and fell off the uneven bars.

Agustin M. enjoyed having affair with married women until one day, when he had to escape through a window, he broke his leg. In addition to that, he was totally naked and got arrested for obscenity. He promises Saint Augustine to mend his ways.

A flower pot fell on the Laura Rodriguez’ head because of two dogs fighting. Laura lost her memory and forgot her name and where she lived. Fortunately, one of her neighbors saw her wandering confusedly and took her home. Laura thanks the Virgin of the Rosary because she got her memory back, although sometimes she still has doubts about her name.

Gudelia Meneses had to go shopping. Since it was raining and she didn’t want to ruin her new shoes, she put her husband boots on. But they were so big, she slipped and fell in a puddle. She hit her coccyx so bad, she though she’d become paralyzed. She thanks the Virgin of the Rosary for her quick recovery from the back pain.

During the Lupita’s piñata, my son was hit by a stick. His head was wounded, and he was bleeding. I was scared that he’d become an idiot, so I prayed to the Virgin of the Rosary. Thanks ti her my son had no bad consequences and recovered very quickly.

The young man Antonio Gutierrez enjoyed riding mountain bike. But one day he was attacked by a puma. He was badly wounded. Antonio thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe for he was saved in time and recovered promptly.