Can St. Joseph sell a house? Skip burying statue, priests say
Mar 7, 2021 catholic news service
Real estate signs in York, S.C., advertise new homes for sale Feb. 29, 2020. (Credit: Lucas Jackson/Reuters via CNS.)
The folklore is well known: Need to sell a house? Bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard. Maybe wrapped in a cloth. But it must be upside down, near the "For Sale" sign, facing the house. Or facing away from the house, near the road. Or near flowers because he likes that.
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — The folklore is well known: Need to sell a house? Bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard. Maybe wrapped in a cloth. But it must be upside down, near the “For Sale” sign, facing the house. Or facing away from the house, near the road. Or near flowers because he likes that.