Question Re St. Joseph

[Conservative]

I didn’t want to overextend the length of the “Who Loves St. Joseph” thread - but wanted to ask this question.

While I’m not superstitious, I wondered if anyone heard this about the St. Joseph statue…Is it true, that if you put something underneath St. Joseph’s statue you’ll get it? I’ve read about nuns who put a can of tuna underneath his statue - to raise it a bit - and a delivery of tuna came to their door. A similar story about beer. I believe it’s also St. Joseph’s statue people put outside their house (in the ground) to sell it??? (am I mistaken on that one being St. Joseph?) Please clarify if I’ve heard these stories correctly or if they’re just myth.
May God, and the Holy Family bless you.

 

[LilyM]

The myth about home sales is certainly one that people often do follow - the idea is that you bury a statue of St Joseph (obviously not an expensive one) in your yard somewhere, preferably upside down, to help you get a good sale.

It’s totally superstitious and disrespectful to the good saint, in my humble opinion, to give credence to such nonsense.

 

[po18guy]

The myth about home sales is certainly one that people often do follow - the idea is that you bury a statue of St Joseph (obviously not an expensive one) in your yard somewhere, preferably upside down, to help you get a good sale.

It’s totally superstitious and disrespectful to the good saint, in my humble opinion, to give credence to such nonsense.

Amen! It is just such activities that invite evil spirits into your faith. Patrick Madrid condemns it as plain superstition. I would think that an appeal to the Saint, rather than reliance on a physical object that represents him, is the wiser choice.

Christ’s peace.

 

[MarieVeronica]

I agree… sounds like plain old superstition to me, too. St. Joseph deserves so much better (wonder where all these silly things originate from?). He’s an awesome saint. In addition to being Patron of the Universal Church… he is known as patron of families, of unmarried women, workers… and is (after Our Lord, Himself) probably the BEST example of a good and virtuous man that anyone could find.