Having trouble selling your home? Turn to St. Joseph for help

A church bookstore is selling the "St. Joseph the Worker Home Sellers Kit" for $9.95. It comes with a 4-inch statue and instructions. There's no word on whether a home sale is guaranteed. (Jacksonville.com)

Comments

[Jack]

My parents did this about 15 years ago... it "worked".... If you believe that sort of stuff.

[ZIMMER]

I have lost all hope in humanity..... stupidity.

[BlueMary]

I thought everyone knew about this.

[KDP]

I used to have a statue of Jesus on the dash of my car but it didn't keep me from receiving parking tickets.

[MidtownCoog]

It worked for us. He's sitting pretty in my garden now.

[Phranqlin]

Saint Joseph is a busy guy. In addition to being the patron saint of house hunters, he's the patron saint of carpenters, cabinetmakers, confectioners, craftsmen, dying people, engineers, families, fathers, a happy/holy death, laborers, people in doubt, pioneers, social justice, travelers, the Universal Church, Vatican II, workers, and working people in general. On top of that, he's the national patron saint of Canada, China, Korea, Mexico, Peru, and Vietnam.

[American Veteran]

At least

THIS
cums with batteries.

[Saxo Grammaticus]

I suppose that if you believe the statue helped you, you could also believe that you sold your house...

[Lambiepie]

when people are frightened they'll turn to anything that promises what they want

[MidtownCoog]

Lambiepie,

Oy vey. We did it for fun. Nobody was "frightened" of anything.

And it's just for us Catholics, so the rest of you can blow me.

What are you frightened of?

[Rock Marine]

Coog...As cool hand Luke once sang:

I don't care if it's hairy or scary
as long as I have the Virgin Mary
Ride'n on the dashboard of my car...

I had a magic picnic table. It helped me sell my
old house.

[merkin4]

I bought my house just a few weeks after Sept. 11th. Mucking around in the flower bed a little later, I found one of these statues.

Did it work? I suppose so. But, I'd bought the house for nearly $40K less than the asking price, or roughly 25% off. This was in a rough month following 9/11, but before this major housing bubble burst of the past two years.

So, I suppose you could argue that it "sold", but it didn't sell "well".

Then there's the old urban legend of the couple who can't sell their house, so they appeal to St. Joseph. Nothing for several months, so they buy 100 statues and bury him head-up, head-down, facing east, facing west, and in every orientation they could think up.

Three days later, the entire subdivision was bought for a new shopping mall. Heard it from my cousin's friend's parole officer, so it MUST be true.