Western Mass Homes Lesley Lambert

Happy St. Joseph’s Day! Will St. Joseph help you sell your home?

Planting St. Joe
Planting St. Joe (Photo credit: Jeff Hester)

Today is St. Joseph’s Day, a celebration of the husband of the virgin Mary and step father of Jesus.

Joseph was a carpenter and also the patron saint of home and family in the Roman Catholic religion, which is presumed to be the reason he is now connected with real estate.

It is said that burying a statue or medal of St. Joseph in your yard will help to move the sale of the home along.  This practice is a fairly recent tradition which hit a peak in the 1990’s.  Legend has it you should bury a statue of St. Joseph upside down in your front yard.  Recommendations for placement vary: some say in the corner of the yard, others in the center facing the house and some say near the real estate sign.
I have never tried this out, but in researching this topic online I see that many people have sent their desires to move to St. Joseph and were met with success.  As with all things prayer related, the actual prayer itself has great importance.  There are prayers offered as suggestions, such as:

Prayer To St. Joseph to Sell House

O, Saint Joseph,
you who taught our Lord
the carpenter’s trade,
and saw to it
that he was always properly housed,
hear my earnest plea.

I want you to help me now
as you helped your foster-child Jesus,
and as you have helped many others
in the matter of housing.

I wish to sell this [house/property]
quickly, easily, and profitably
and I implore you to grant my wish
by bringing me a good buyer,
one who is
eager, compliant, and honest,
and by letting nothing impede the
rapid conclusion of the sale.

Dear Saint Joseph,
I know you would do this for me
out of the goodness of your heart
and in your own good time,
but my need is very great now
and so I must make you hurry
on my behalf.

Saint Joseph, I am going to place you
in a difficult position
with your head in darkness
and you will suffer as our Lord suffered,
until this [house/property] is sold.

Then, Saint Joseph, i swear
before the cross and God Almighty,
that i will redeem you
and you will receive my gratitude
and a place of honour in my home.

Amen.

Many sources, however, state that the homeowner can simply make an earnest and heartfelt plea to the Saint in their own words.  There are a lot of options in purchasing a statue of St. Joseph online.  I did a quick search on Amazon and found very affordable options.

Now, I am not Catholic myself, but for about $5, I would be willing to give this a try!  Have you done this?  How did it work for you?

 

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  1. One of the problems with burying a statue in the yard is that when (and if) it works, the house sells and you move. Besides that box of 8-tracks in the attic, guess what you forgot? Yup! Joe. He’s still out there in the yard somewhere. Is he landfill? Is he toxic? Was he made in China and is now leaching lead into your drinking water?
    Seriously, that’s why my friend Cindy came up with a bio degradable form of Joe. http://ecojoekits.com/ The only thing better than a bio degradable Joe would be a Chia Joe.
    OOOOOH! I’ll be back in a minute I have to patent something.
    😉