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1 posted on 03/19/2009 4:48:29 PM PDT by Salvation

He certainly was a stand-up guy. And awful lot was asked of him. :)

2 posted on 03/19/2009 4:50:03 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)

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4 posted on 03/19/2009 4:51:29 PM PDT by Salvation ( Â†With God all things are possible.Â†)

Pretty sure that Joseph had faith that God would help him feed his family....geesh.

6 posted on 03/19/2009 4:54:43 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)

The Grotto in Portland is SPECTACULAR!!

7 posted on 03/19/2009 4:55:29 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)

What happened to Joseph after the birth of Jesus? Was he alive when Jesus was nailed to the cross?

9 posted on 03/19/2009 5:01:46 PM PDT by NotSoFreeStater (If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice)

St. Joseph, pray for us.

13 posted on 03/19/2009 5:05:27 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi

And he could build a cabinet too

15 posted on 03/19/2009 5:13:33 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (FUBO, he says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush - and zer0 has already failed)

I like to point out to my boys that Joseph was a man of action. God said “Do this” and he did it right away.

I think he’s a wonderful example.

16 posted on 03/19/2009 5:16:06 PM PDT by Cloverfarm

17 posted on 03/19/2009 7:18:37 PM PDT by sionnsar (Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Tax the rich" fails if the rich won't play)

Homeowners have buried tiny statues of him near "for sale" signs and prayed that he'd bring them buyers. A cottage industry has arisen around the sale of St. Joseph statues and prayers.

I don't like that. It's a superstition, and St. Joseph doesn't deserve to be buried upside down. My b-i-l, who is a priest, suggested instead that St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin be placed in a window, facing out, looking for our new house.

He was joking, of course, and suggested praying a Novena. We did that when we sold our first house, in NJ. About a week after I finished the Novena, a realtor brought the first person through the house, and he bought it! So in two weeks after putting it on the market, we had a contract!

I'll be doing another Novena when we get this house ready for the market, later this year. ;o)

19 posted on 03/19/2009 7:36:10 PM PDT by SuziQ

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