I've had much success with El Nino de Atocha, but I am getting the distinct feeling that I need to be making a better offering to him. I don't see anything in the forums about that, and I didn't see anything I could use in the LM page about him. For space reasons, I have a definite and distinct half of my altar dedicated to St. Joseph, which I feel to be "complete." I have a novena candle, water, a statuette from LM, a holy card, and an herb offering of Yerba Buena and some other herbs in a nice dish. I saw the mention of pound cake, but with a recent mice situation, I don't want to tempt a fugitive rattatouie to come feed at my special altar. Not sure what else I can do, but all in all, that side of the altar just feels pleasant. I read scriptures there, pray, keep it clean and neat, and St. Joseph keeps steering me on the right path as far as what I've asked of him. Total feeling of success.
Back to el Nino de Atocha. I've been having a nagging feeling that I need to do everything for St. Joseph just as for el Nino. So I did - with the exception of the statuette. I don't see a statuette in the LM catalog, just some holy prints and a medal. I feel as if he still needs more than that, though. Can anyone who has worked with el Nino de Atocha give me some suggestions? I read somewhere about offering him marbles, but I've come to realize that
not everything you read on the internet is true.Thank you in advance for your help!
