Some offer Prayers to Sell their Home

By Jeanette Joy Fisher

Here's a home staging practice that your buyers won't see.

Statue of St Joseph

It may be frowned upon by some religious practitioners, but praying and paying homage to St. Joseph is being used every year by thousands of home sellers. Although the ritual is most common in Italy, home sellers around the world go through a rather precise ceremony to ask Jesus' father's help to find a home 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 home building skills to make sure that his son had a roof over his head.

If you want to offer prayers to sell your home, read about St Joseph Selling Home

Copyright © 2006 Jeanette J. Fisher

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