The Garcia brothers, Silvestre and Valentin, thank the Virgin of Guadalupe, from the bottom of their hearts, for a gift to perform charreria. They’re very proud of making this mostly Mexican sport famous all over the world.

Tlaquepaque, Jalisco

The newlyweds Benito and Georgina Gomez Vasquez thank the Virgin of Juquila for their dream to spend the honeymoon in Paris came true.

When we became orphans, I was an oldest child. So I started working, while my little brothers and sisters were studying. After many years of hardworking, I opened my own business. It turned out to be very prominent and successful. Now my brothers and sisters have started working, and I can afford to enjoy a careless and luxurious life. I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for that.

Thanks to the Virgin Mary I got an amazing gas-guzzler Hummer Limousine.

I thank the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception for two things. First, for helping me to find a wonderful job. I became a maid in the house of a very rich lady. She pays me well. Second, when she is out I can try on all her shoes, blouses and skirts.

Enrique Fernandez thanks Saint Patrick for helping him to collect smoking pipes from every part of the world.

I had some bad luck. I didn’t even sniff a chick for a few months. But I prayed to Saint Engratia, and I met a very hot sexy blond at a dinner. And it went very well with her.

The Santo Tomas inhabitants thank because the fair finally came to their town, as all the years before. Everybody, and especially kids, enjoy very much the carousel.

Thanks to Jesus Christ I can do pretty amazing tricks with my motorcycle so I can become a motocross legend in my hometown.

I thank Saint Rita because after many prayers dressed to her we managed to buy a refrigerator. Although it’s a used one, it works just fine, like a new one. My husband and I, we watch for hours how it freezes and how beautiful it is.

This retablo, I dedicate it to Saint Benedict of Palermo for I have found a stylist who made my haircut exactly as I wanted, after I showed him a photo of my favorite actor—Leonardo di Caprio.

Gilberto Carrasco thanks Saint James with this retablo because he managed to buy rare albums of the Beatles at an auction. So he enriched his collection of his favorite band.

I thank Christ of the Cross for helping me to get a job in the drapery department in “El Encanto”, although I know nothing about fabrics. Here I meet pretty women to conquer.