Posted on 10/10/2006 10:04:26 AM PDT by MrNationalist
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When a certain number of St. Josephs are buried, the ones that do not result in prompt sales are never mentioned. (Who wants to admit to such a foolish thing.) But, if a sale soon results, the people will mention it to everyone in sight.
This was the first time I've ever done this .......
So my stats are pretty decent.
Arrrrgh. This makes me cringe. As a Catholic, I'm all in favor of having a devotion to St. Jospeh, praying for his assistance, and, yes, even burying a statue as a SIGN of devotion, but this is the kind of thing is what makes Protestants think we pray to statues and worship saints.
The selling of a house in short order, after the burying of a St. Joseph statue, has nothing to do with the some magic formula. If God wishes to make His benevolence known through the saints - He can do so. But it's at His good will, not a superstition, that He does so.
There's nothing wrong with doing it as a sign of devotion. But some people treat it like some cheap trick that they can use to summon the help of God to sell real estate. These are usually people who close on the house and then forget about God until they have to sell the next home.
It comes down to motive and reverence. God certainly doesn't need a buried statue to help you sell your house, but the fact that you made an act of faith by doing something as odd as burying a statue of St. Joseph is what matters.
I thot St. Joseph was the patron of aspirin...?
It comes down to motive and reverence. God certainly doesn't need a buried statue to help you sell your house, but the fact that you made an act of faith by doing something as odd as burying a statue of St. Joseph is what matters.
Respectfully, I am interested to read your more about your perspective that burying a statue of Joseph and act of faith?
In Christ...
*** I thot St. Joseph was the patron of aspirin...? ***
Dang! I thot it was plywood - the National Wood of Florida...............FRegards
Any kind of prayer is an act of faith. This is not sublime theology, but even the simplest trust that a saint can assist us with their intercession is a trust that God values the prayers of the saints, as demonstrated in Revelation. It just depends on what the motive for doing it is.
e.g., a Christian can wear a gold cross on a chain as either a) a sign of Christian devotion, or b) a fashion statement. One is pleasing to God, one is not. In the same way, one can bury a statue of St. Joseph as a) a kind of demonstrative prayer of belief in God's power to intervene in human affairs, or b) a belief that by burying a statue, God will make you fabulously (or modestly) wealthy/successful on demand.
In Christ...
Florida FReepers are the GREATEST!!
Hey, Dave!!! Long time!............FRegards
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