Hi, Sue here,

It has been quite a while since my last entry.  We have been very busy with our site, Atlascopy.com and creating our new site Atlascopy Outfitters.com in which we sell all kinds of outdoor equipment and supplies.  We are very proud of it and hope you take some time to visit it and look around.  And of course, I have started my new book, which should be completed in a few months or so.  Also, we have been busy over the summer getting our house ready to sell.  We put our house on the market in September and by October, we employed a realtor as the task seemed quite daunting and we had very few showings  We have been disappointed not having a signed contract, even with our realtor, which brings me to the subject for this blog.

My Mom saw in the newspaper that many people are asking help from St. Joseph.  Apparently, this has been going on for a very long time, but it was the first time I have ever heard about it.  It is said to bury a statue of St. Joseph in the ground (upside down and facing the street), and praying to St. Joseph for a speedy and profitible settlement of your house.  I have checked the web and there are different variations on how to bury the statue, but the results are the same.  It works!!!  Of course, after your settlement is complete, you must remove the statue from the ground and display it in your new home for the total devotion that St. Joseph completely deserves.  So remember where you buried it.

You see, since St. Joseph was a wonderful family man and carpenter, he was always concerned to have good housing for his family.  For this reason, he is deemed the Patron Saint of Real Estate.  There are many articles on the web about this subject with wonderful testimonials from people who have had great success in selling their houses quickly, after burying his statue and praying everyday to St. Joseph.   Many of them had their houses on the market for up to a year with no luck in securing a signed contract.  But between burying the statue and being adament on praying to St. Joseph for a quick sale, they sold their houses from a few days to a few weeks. 

So, I went down to our local religious store and found exactly what I needed.  It has been 5 days since we buried the statue and we say the prayers everyday.  We feel extremely good and believe that we will have a quick and successful settlement, thanks to the assistance from St. Joseph.  I will keep you posted.

Now here is something that I did not read on the web or in the newspaper.  For many years, I have owned a statue of St. Joseph holding the baby Jesus.  My Guide, Angie, came through to us and told us to also bury that statue with the one we bought.  She said that it has a more powerful effect as Jesus is in his arms and St. Joseph wants his Earthly son, Jesus, to be protected and properly housed, being the wonderful father that he is.  So you can use either type of statue, but please remember to give St. Joseph and Jesus the devotion that they most certainly deserve and believe in their power of their assistance in securing a quick, easy and profitible settlement.

PRAYER TO SAINT JOSEPH FOR SELLING A HOUSE

O’ Saint Joseph, you who taught our Lord the Carpenter’s trade,

and saw to it that he was always properly housed, hear my earnest plea.

I want you to help me now as you helped your Earthly child Jesus,

and you have helped many others in the matter of housing.

I wish to sell this (house/property) quickly, easily, and profitably

and I implore you to grant my wish by bringing me a good buyer,

one who is eager, compliant, and honest, and by letting nothing impede

the rapid conclusion of the sale.

Amen!

Well, this is the prayer that we say along with the one on the prayer card that came with the statue.  I felt it necessary to pass this information on to everyone who wants to read it.  If you are selling your house, save yourself some time and effort and bury your own statue of St. Joseph right from the beginning and I wish you great luck on the sale of your house. 

God bless you and your family,

Sue