Has anyone ever heard a Catholic sermon on burying Joseph statues?

It is quite commonplace to bury a Joseph statue to selll a house in the propperty. Some places bury the staue upside down and some rightside up. I noticed some for sale at the local Christian bookstore



Has anyone ever heard a sermon by a courageous Catholic priest who called a spade a spade and told people to quite the idolotrous nonsense and turn to God? Or is it completely acceptable?Has anyone ever heard a Catholic sermon on burying Joseph statues?
....I think you're overestimating the importance of burying a Joseph statue. That's kind of a relic of ethnic heritage more than anything. I've only ever heard it mentioned in passing in a sermon in the same way the local football team's performance would be mentioned in passing - a lighthearted gesture meant to break the ice before launching into the depth of the matter.



If you've never been to Mass, you should know that the sermon is generally on the Scripture readings - one OT, one epistles, one Gospel - either directly in the form of exegesis or indirectly in the form of expounding on the topic (ie, faith, virtue, calling).



Burying a St. Joseph statue isn't idolatry in the Biblical sense because it's not worship of something other than God. It's maybe totemism, but so is a stocking by the fireplace on Christmas morning, or ladies' wearing hats to church on Sunday.



If it were a devoted following that detracts from Christ, that's problematic. If it's something that someone does because their grandma told them it worked to sell their house, that's a part of someone's life what, maybe twice?



Contrast this with any pagan idolatry in the Bible - human sacrifices to Moloch, burnt offerings to Baal - it's not even remotely the same. The St. Joseph statue is a relic that connotes a sense of identity to family tradition and happens to have religious overtones. Nothing more.
Yes, I have heard of this.



It has NO SCRIPTURAL BASIS!Has anyone ever heard a Catholic sermon on burying Joseph statues?
As a Catholic I feel I must defend these little beliefs that develop. they are certainly NOT idolatrous...no one is worshiping the St. Joeseph statue. Our saints are very dear to us..but they not given the same status as God/Jesus. They are simply intercessors. This misunderstanding needs to stop...no Catholic worships Mary, or the Saints in the same manner as God.
It isn't idolatrous but it is superstitious, and yes, I have included that item in a sermon on superstition. Catholic people don't have to be told to turn to God. That's what Catholicism is.Has anyone ever heard a Catholic sermon on burying Joseph statues?
While it's superstitious, it's not idolatrous. It's kind of silly to call burying a statue in the ground where it will slowly rot and disintegrate a form of worship of that statue.



And no, I have not heard a sermon about it. While I wouldn't mind a priest mentioning in passing that it's superstitious, sermons are supposed to use scripture to help us learn about God or to provide a good and useful life lesson. "Don't bury statues in your yard" hardly seems like a particularly meaningful sermon. Perhaps one decrying superstitions in general, but on it alone seems a little weird. Still, I imagine some priests could pull it off pretty well.
The idea that burying a Satin Joseph statue on some land you're tying to sell is a superstition.



Superstition, by it's very nature, is against the Catholic Church.



That being the case, it's obvious that the superstition originated outside the Church, hence it's not an element of Church Dogma. The fact it entails the statue of a Catholic Saint is coincidence. .