23.11.11

Mexican miracle paintings at Wellcome Collection






















"I thank Saint Francis of Assisi for healing my feet."






















"I promised Saint Francis of Assisi this retablo because he granted my request for his help after 30 goats went missing, for which I give infinite thanks to my Holy Father."























"In the city of San Francisco del Rincon, a drunken intruder seriously wounded Senore Natalia Godinez while she was asleep. Her husband, on discovering her injuries, entrusted her to Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos."























"In Chamacuaro in 1923 lightning struck the door of the temple and many woman were thrown on the floor. Eufrosina Nieto was one of the fallen who invoked teh miraculous Saint Nicholas and nobody died."























"I come here to fulfil a commitment which I promised you. Virgin of Guadalupe, in the year 1973 for saving my family and especially my husband from the claws of death."























"Sr Ygnacio Ramirez was greatly upset because his son Cruz Ramirez dropped a shotgun which went off hitting his foot. With all his heart, he entrusted the health of his son to the Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos promising that is she granted his recovery he would show his eternal thanks to her in a retablo."

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