I offer this retablo to the Virgin Mary because I finally found a personal assistant to help me when taking a bath and with other things.

Mrs. Mendes thanks the Virgin of Guadalupe because she finally saved enough money to buy a big TV. So now she enjoys watching her favorite tv-series.

Carlos Mendez thanks Saint Pancras with this retablo for the fulfillment of his desire to have a large beard. Now many people are jealous of him.

Tereso Villegas worked in a bar where the men treated him rude and disrespectfully. He prayed to Saint James, and now they treat him nicely. He thanks for that with the retablo.

Mexico, 1968

Thanks to my Guardian Angel I was able to find an inexpensive plan with a phone company that enabled me to speak to my boyfriend’s best friend.

We thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because it took us five years to save enough money to go on vacations here, to the Acapulco’s beaches.

Mr. Felt, mrs. Bone and mr. Maron
May 30, 2003

I dedicate this retablo to Saint Isidore the Labourer. In spite of staying in the hospital with horrible pains in my liver a cause of cirrhosis, I’ve met a very pretty nurse, although she has the small head. She gives me cigars and lends me her electric shaver.

I ordered this retablo to Saint Diego as I had promised. It was my first time and I’ll never forget it. I was 17 and I used condom for protection from infection. I had a lot of fun with a prostitute. When I saw how voluptuous she was I couldn’t control myself and went in hotel with her. It happened in Sulivan, Mexico on Friday, August 16, 2002.

A. P. M.

Thanks to Saint Katherine I found a very good “all inclusive” vacation package to the Dominican Republic.

I thank the Lord Jesus Christ because I can take hot baths again after almost three months without electricity and water.

We thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for the favor that we managed to buy a “Beetle”, so we can drive it.

Mr. Felt and Mrs. Bone
Mexico City — October 2005

I thank Saint Beatrice because I found a tequila that doesn’t give me a horrible headache when I wake up in the morning.

I dedicate this retablo to the Miraculous Virgin, because thanks to her I met a group of very nice friends who invited me to drink sparkling wine with them. Then they tattooed all my body for very little money, and after they gave me a nice hat.