Happy Feast of St. Joseph!

When thinking of St. Joseph, what comes to mind is the humble and patient, just and protective, gentle and chaste spouse of Mary, and Jesus' foster father on earth. Being the head of the Holy Family; he was also poor in worldly terms of possessions, but super rich in grace and virtue.
What a great model of virtue. What a great Saint for us to pray to for our husbands. In this world today, they need all the help they can get! St. Joseph, pray for us, our husbands and our marriages!

I think just about everyone knows the tradition of burying a St. Joseph statue on your property can help you sell your home. But do you know where this tradition originated from? I came aross a site that I found so interesteing and had to share it. On this site, I found some info on it...

"The tradition of burying St. Joseph in the earth began hundreds of years ago during the time when St.Teresa of Avila was opening Carmelite Convents throughout Europe. Taking only the bare necessities and their statue of St. Joseph, her nuns would set out in search of land or buildings suitable for a new convent. St. Teresa of Avila always encouraged her nuns to pray to St. Joseph.
It is believed that, on one particular search, the nuns found a piece of property perfect for their needs. Having no money, the nuns immediately started to petition St. Joseph for the funds needed to buy the property. In the meantime, having no place to stay, the nuns decided to bury their statue of St. Joseph on the property so he would not get stolen or broken.
After the nuns prayed to St. Joseph, someone purchased the land and built them a convent. When it was finished, the sisters dug up the statue and built a beautiful shrine inside in honor of St. Joseph.
This is where the practice of the burying the statue of St. Joseph seems to orginate.
Many people want to ask for St. Joseph's intercession in the sale of their homes, but are hesitant to bury his statue. There is another pious approach to take. Rather than burying the statue, you can place the statue of St. Joseph in a prominent place in your home and pray the Memorare to St. Joseph. If and when your home sells, St. Joseph must be taken with you and given a new place of honor in your new home."

In honor of great St. Joseph, here is a terrific link to coloring pages that we will be doing today.

Here is a link full of ideas on how to make this feast day something special. I particularly like the idea of interviewing the breadwinner, the Dad, of the family. They gave some great questions that I'll ask Kid #1 to talk about with our Daddy. Here are the questions that we'll be using:

Interviewing Daddy about his childhood:

Where was your favorite hiding place?
Did you have a tree fort?
What games did you like to play? (Top three)
What was your favorite subject in school? Why?
Tell me about your favorite hobby as a kid.

Tell me about your best baseball game.

Did you ride your bike a lot and go swimming? With who?
When you were a kid, what was your favorite candy? dessert?
Who were your best buddies in school?
Did you have T.V. or video games when you were a kid?
Who was your favorite baseball team?

Can you tell me a story of when you were naughty and got into trouble?
Did you go to Mass on Sundays? What time and with who?

What was your favorite chore?

What was your least favorite chore?
Did you get an allowance?

What did you buy with it?
Tell me about a favorite time with your Dad.

Kid #1 is going to LOVE asking Daddy these questions. Kid #1 is always looking to have a conversation so this is right up his alley!

Happy Feast Day!
St. Joseph, pray for us!
God bless,
Mary