I’m trying to talk my mother into buying a Saint Joseph statuette so that she can bury it in her yard to sell her house a bit quicker. Though, I’m unsure if I’ll be able to actually talk her into it. You see she views the Saints pretty much as she views Fairies ~ figments of a fundamentalist mind.
I still think I can get her to give it a try, but in order to properly convince her I thought I’d better look up the information on it so that I’d just say “it worksâ€. So I got to looking… my first results were misspelled so all I got were pr0n sites. My second attempt only found home buyer guides selling the statues for $10-$50 (yes, $50). I did not think I could use a sales page to base an argument on, so I kept at it.
I tried newadvent.com (a handy catholic encyclopedia) and they had no mention of him helping to sell a home so I thought all was lost. I hit Google again, and came across Snoops.com, and of course they encouraged the disbelief.
What I did find was, catholic-forum.com. I’m unsure how accurate the source is, but they did have the answers I seek, and I’d certainly trust them over some realty site.
Catholic Forum had this to say;
The tradition has been traced to Saint Teresa of Avila who prayed that Saint Josephconverts, and encourged her Discalced Carmelite nuns to bury Saint Joseph medals as a symbol of devotion, consecrating the ground in Joseph’s name. Remember, also, that Joseph was a man who knew about moving on a moment’s notice (e.g., the flight to Egypt), and providing for a home for his family. He also knows what it’s like to have housing trouble (remember the manger? and being turned away from the inns?), and so is likely to be sympathetic to people with trouble getting or leaving a home would intercede to obtain land for Christian
And while no other ‘reputed’ resource seems to have this particular function for the Foster Father of Jesus, it does seem to make sense that he would, or at least could help with the selling and moving of a home. Certainly better then Moses, it took him 40 years to get a new home *smirk* So now that I know the WHY of it, I still have to figure out the HOW.
First, we’ll need something to bury. According to all sources, including the catholic-forum page, a statue, and not a medal is to be used. I’ve no clue why, but *shrug* the thought form guiding this endeavour certainly can’t be wrong, so a statue it will be.
Now figure out where to bury it… Most sources seem to point to the front yard (and under the sale sign, facing the home) though this response if varied as well. Personally I prefer the backyard, but this is not based on experience in the slightest. Others prefer one of the applicable cardinal points, which I’ll not bother lookig up.
Next you’ll need to know how to bury it. Again, most references indicate upside down. I guess that is get the blood rushing to his head and to give him a reason to hurry, but that’s just speculation. Other sources say he should be laid on his back/belly and face the house or the street. I guess just do what you feel is right.This
This step is likely the most important. You must now PRAY, and likely pay at least some tribute to this handy little Saint. All sources agree that is a MUST, well, I’m not sure all, but then, if someone told you to bury a saint and then not pray I’d personally assume it was assumed.
Various sites say that is should be removed once the deal is done (but never before) however not all sources say to remove it. I’d personally leave it there as a sacrifice… but what you want to do may vary.
I’m certainly not saying that Saint Joseph will help sell your house, but what could it hurt in trying, especially if you do believe in the saints? Even if you believe in God in general (bloody Protestants 
) it would likely work, as Joseph should likely hold at least some sway with the big guy, I mean he was the foster father of Gods son after all.
Good luck selling your home, and wish me luck in helping my mother sell hers.
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