Saints
Uncategorized October 31st, 2007
If you haven't noticed from the previous posts and links, I read WSJ compulsively except for the editorial section . (And as a rule, I don't read the editorial sections of most papers and magazines because I have my own opinions and don't feel the need to know a stranger's opinion.) So in yesterday's WSJ, the Personal Journal section had an article about the rising popularity of due to the housing slowdown. If you're not familiar with St. Joseph, he is the patron saint of carpenters/households/laborers. The tradition for home sellers is to bury the statue upside in their yards for a speedy sale and then to dig the statue up once the sale is completed to place in their new homes. Last year, I told the admin. assistant to bury a St. Joseph statue since her condo. wasn't selling and she ended up burying it in a planter. Her condo eventually sold, after 5 months on the market (Bay Area, Livermore to be precise). She didn't think St. Joseph helped much but she didn't bury it upside down either. I only know about St. Joseph because I read about it during my high school days, when Southern CA went through a severe housing correction and people were grasping at anything to get their houses sold.
And if you're interested, there are other interesting patrons to help out in everyday life.
- Clare: patron saint of television/TV writers/eyes (Hollywood will need her if the writers go on strike!)
- Matthew: patron saint of bankers/money managers/tax collectors
- Cajetan: patron saint of unemployed people/job seekers
- Jude: patron saint of lost causes
Check out this if you need saints for your causes/problems. And the movie showcases a little boy who talks to saints to cope with his mother's death and a sudden windfall of money.