St Joseph Selling Home

Use a Prayer to St Joseph to Sell Your Home Fast?

By Jeanette Joy Fisher

It may be frowned upon by average clergy members, but praying and paying homage to St. Joseph is being used every year by thousands of sellers when looking to sell their homes. Although the practice is particularly common in Italy, home sellers around the world go through a rather precise ritual to seek Jesus' father's help to find a buyer.

There isn't a great deal known about Joseph, Mary's husband, even though he played a significant role in the Christian birth story. It's commonly known that he was a skilled carpenter and lived for many years in Nazareth, but there are no records of his death, even though the bible suggests that Joseph was alive when Jesus was twelve years old.

Eventually, the Roman Catholic Church designated Joseph the patron saint of workers, and he has his own feast days. St. Joseph also became popular among Spanish-speaking Catholics in the New World, as evidenced by the various towns in the western United States named San Jose, which is St. Joseph in Spanish.

Perhaps it was originally Joseph's carpentry skills that brought him to be associated with helping people to sell houses, although the exact origins of the ritual are unclear. However, among believers, it's important to note that Joseph was always able to use his homebuilding skills to make sure that his son had a roof over his head.

Prayer to St Joseph Statue for Selling Home

When petitioning St. Joseph for help in selling a home, a believer is expected to bury a small statue of the saint upside down in the ground, facing away from the house but near the "For Sale" sign. After the statue has been buried, a short but heartfelt prayer is offered, asking Joseph's help in finding a worthy buyer for the home.

If the ritual is followed to its ultimate completion, the statue is dug up once the home has been sold and then taken to the seller's new home, who then must place the statue in a location of honor, in recognition of Joseph's help in making the successful move possible. According to some, failing to take that final step will have future repercussions, making it difficult to sell the new home when the seller decides to move again.

The unusual upside down burial of the statue is meant to place the saint in a difficult position. It's assumed that making Joseph suffer until the property has been sold will give the saint a greater incentive for bringing about a speedy sale. Prayers offered at the time of the statue's burial should include an explanation of why the statue is being buried upside down as well as a promise to dig up it, return it to an upright position, and then to give it a place of honor in the seller's new home.

Whether it's an effective sales strategy or not depends upon which seller you talk to. However, there's no doubt that thousands of people worldwide continue to make rituals and prayers to St. Joseph a standard part of their sales regimen every year.

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