Thank you, Virgin of Guadalupe, for protecting us from the immigration police so we could hop over the wall, got to San Diego, California, and found there jobs as builders. Pancho, my son Juan and I are fulfilling our promise with this.

Mexico, 2016

Graciela Ramos got a job as a waitress in a gentlemen club. But she was invited so many times for a drink she was becoming an alcoholic. She gives infinite thanks to Saint Rita with the present retablo for finding strength to quit the nightlife.

The company I worked for many years got rid of me because of my age. I didn’t know how to occupy myself or how to support myself since I wasn’t married. Then I had an idea to use my savings to open a sex shop. I thank Saint Martin the Cavalryman for my shop had a great success. I don’t care what the people say or think—it’s an honest job.

Josefina Castillo — Puebla, Mexico

Doña Sofia Ramos’ husband was a irresponsible drunkard. She and her daughter prayed the Virgin of Zapopan to get him back on the righteous path. Thanks to the Holy Virgin doña Sofia’s husband stopped drinking and found a good job.

I worked as a bartender in a restaurant, but it went bankrupt and was closed. I was left without job. I thank Saint Charbel for I was taken to work in a famous nightclub for men. I’m very happy because apart from making more money, the beautiful girls who work there delight the eye.

Mateo N. — Guadalajara, Mexico

With this retablo, I’m infinitely grateful to Saint Martin the Cavalryman for my sexy voice because thanks to it I have an excellent job on a popular hot-line. It’s very fun because the men who call think I’m the beauty from the photo and don’t realize how I look in real life. Besides, they pay me very good.

Rocio N.

The professor Gustavo Ramirez got involved with a student and one day was caught with her in his office. He was fired from the university. He implored Saint John Bosco and managed to find a place in another university. He thanks for such a great favor.

I suspected that my boss was attracted to me physically. My suspicions were confirmed during the office party at the end of the year. He was shamelessly hounding me all night. I give infinite thanks to Saint Martin the Cavalryman because I found another job since my situation had become unbearable—apart from me not liking him, he’s also married.

Catalina Morales, Puebla

Angelica F. was doing very well working as a stripper. But one day some clients went too far and wanted to bang her right there. She thanks Saint Catherine with this retablo for she was saved from being raped and promises to leave this profession.

My sister and I went to the capital to study in the university but we needed money to cover our expenses. We took advantage of our beauty and started working as dancers in a night club where the pay is very good. We thank Saint Bruno for our parents don’t know about it because they would get angry and make us return to the village.

Josefina and Raquel S. ~ Guadalajara, Jalisco

Young Gustavo T. masturbated a lot in the toilet with erotic magazines until one day he was caught by his boss. Gustavo thanks, with great devotion, Saint Maroun for he was only fired and not humiliated in front of everybody.

Since I lost my job and we didn’t have enough money to pay our rent, my wife and I had to move with her mother. My mother-in-law was a dressmaker, and she didn’t like that I stayed in her house doing nothing. So she asked me to be her model. I thank Saint Sebastian for my friends and relatives never found out that I was trying on dresses, so I kept it in secret.

Guillermo R. \ Merida, Yucatan

May you be blessed, Virgin of Guadalupe, for I worked one more year as a clown bringing joy to the kids.

Pedro M. “Blue Coco”, 1995