How do you bury a St. Joseph statue? Which way? How come? Does it work?
There have been many questions recently to me on how this
should be done. There is an over abundance of instructions on the internet and some of them are just not correct or what I've been told how to do it in the past. If you're gonna do it - let's do it right!
So let's start out by answering the 'How Come?'
The history behind the tradition to bury a statue of Saint Joseph is hundreds of years old (A.D. 1515-1582). It began in Europe with nuns at a Cloister needed to expand their land, and after a prayer to St. Joseph they buried medals of him in the ground. After a short time their prayers had been heard and they got more land. This old story has lived on until today but on the tradition has changed from burying medals to burying statues.
St. Joseph was the husband to Mary and the earthly father of Jesus. We don't know much about Joseph, except that he was a skilled craftsman and a good father. He became a Saint for workers and it is very common to pray to him to get his help with house sales and many other things. The reason he was made a Patron Saint is that he taught Jesus the craftsman's trade and made sure that Jesus always was well housed. That is the reason he always helped people find a house they were looking for and in that way help the people who need to sell their homes.
Which way?
Procedure for burying a St. Joseph statue when selling a home:
- Make a hole in the ground that is large enough to bury the St. Joseph statue vertically.
- Place the statue upside down in the ground. (Head first in the hole here!)
- Then face the statue TOWARDS the home that is to be sold.
- For nine consecutive days, pray the St. Joseph Novena included in your kit or here. Others say just keep praying! (This sounds like an all around good game plan to me).
- Once the home is sold, remove the statue from the ground.
- Display the statue in a place of honor in the new home.
(These instructions above are the ones that I have heard the most).
Others are also suggesting:
St. Joseph can be buried in the front yard, upside down (head down again), facing away from the house or in the back yard, right side up, facing the house.
Either way - you've got your bases covered!
Does it work?
Let me know how it turns out!
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