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Offline monka966

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Is this a Catholic practice?
« on: January 31, 2018, 02:08:05 PM »
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    Offline Nadir

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    Re: Is this a Catholic practice?
    « Reply #1 on: January 31, 2018, 02:43:42 PM »
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    • Sounds pretty wacky. I suppose St Joseph is supposed to get so desperate for air and a different outlook that he gives you what you want? The site owner seems to be into real estate. I would not do this, but if it is God's will for my house to sell, it will sell. You don't need to bury St Joseph. Superstitious!
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    Offline Mega-fin

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    Re: Is this a Catholic practice?
    « Reply #2 on: January 31, 2018, 06:39:48 PM »
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    • I’ve heard of people doing this. You can buy a St Joseph home sellers kit. I’ve also heard some people say that they dig up the statue and put it in a place of honour in their new house. Who knows? I’ve always just prayed to him for these matters, and he’s never let me down. No sense consigning my favourite statute of the foster father of God to the ground!
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    Offline Jovita

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    Re: Is this a Catholic practice?
    « Reply #3 on: January 31, 2018, 06:58:56 PM »
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    • Well, the practice seems questionable, but I like the often cut rate price on the statues. I found one in my parents belongings. It was in pristine (never buried) condition and now holds a place of honor by my mom's statue of the Blessed Virgin. The statue is plastic therefore lightweight and can be affixed to dashboards via a 3M doublesided sticker. I have given them away for that purpose.
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    Offline monka966

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    Re: Is this a Catholic practice?
    « Reply #4 on: January 31, 2018, 10:19:17 PM »
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    • The reason why I asked this question was because I overheard this suggestion given by one lady to another in my Trad Chapel recently. I heard of this practice years ago when I was in the NO church.
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    Offline Dolores

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    Re: Is this a Catholic practice?
    « Reply #5 on: January 31, 2018, 11:40:04 PM »
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    • I have heard of people doing this, but it seems to me to be incredibly superstitious, and not an authentically Catholic practice. 
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    Re: Is this a Catholic practice?
    « Reply #6 on: February 01, 2018, 12:27:00 PM »
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    • Superstitious....NOT
    This is an old traditional Catholic practice, especially among religious and even saints.
    Brother Saint Andre of Montreal Canada wanted to purchase land to build the oratory to
    St. Joseph in Montreal so he, with a witness, took a medal of St. Joseph to the land he
    wished to purchase and buried it there.  He then prayed and got others to pray to St.
    Joseph and make novenas.
    The result....The oratory of St. Joseph
    When there was a delay in building because of lack of money Bro. St. Andre placed
    a statue of St. Joseph amid the construction and said if he wanted a roof over his
    head he'd have to provide the $.  He did.

    Reading the lives of the saints you will find this practice

    It was so common that it was even included in the 1930's movie "Come to the stable"

    Know your Catholic history.

    P.S.  I believe St. Jude's hospital in the U.S. got the land when Danny Thomas did the same.
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