St. Joe with Family

Prayer To St. Joseph to Sell 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 foster-child Jesus,
and as 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.

Dear Saint Joseph,
I know you would do this for me
out of the goodness of your heart
and in your own good time,
but my need is very great now
and so I must make you hurry
on my behalf.

Saint Joseph, I am going to place you
in a difficult position
with your head in darkness
and you will suffer as our Lord suffered,
until this [house/property] is sold.

Then, Saint Joseph, i swear
before the cross and God Almighty,
that i will redeem you
and you will receive my gratitude
and a place of honour in my home.

Amen.

I am going to place you
in a difficult position
with your head in darkness
and you will suffer as our Lord suffered,
until this [house/property] is sold.
Then, Saint Joseph, i swear
before the cross and God Almighty,
that i will redeem you 

To me this part of the prayer sounds like a threat to our dear Saint Joseph.  I don't wish to hold him hostage.  We said another version of this prayer when the house was first put on the market and we buried a statue of St. Joesph.  I didn't feel good about it at all. With the feast of St. Joseph approached we decided to dig up the statue and change our approach little.  The felt too superstitions anyway, and that is not our faith.  

While waiting until the nine days before the Feast of St. Joseph I proceeded to break the statue we had taken out of the group.  This was not done on purpose.  I ordered a new one but thought it would not arrive until after our Novena began.  I was delighted when it arrived the next morning.  We will begin the novena today.

Dear St. Joseph, please come to our aid and help us to sell this home.