SAINT JOSEPH WOOD CARVING FROM SPAIN! 40+ YEARS OLD!

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Up for bidding is a beautiful one-of-a-kind hand carved relief of Saint Joseph, the Worker which was given to my family in the early 60's from a friend in Spain. The relief measures 15.5 inches high by 9 inches wide by 1 inch thick. T is a hanger in the back for easy mounting on a wall. According to the bible, Saint Joseph was descended from the royal house of David. A village carpenter of Nazareth, he was chosen among all men to be the husband and protector of the Virgin Mother of Jesus Christ. T are many stories about the miraculous intervention of Saint Joseph. One is a medieval account of how a famine in Sicily was ended after a Novena to Saint Joseph. A more recent story is of the mysterious "itinerant carpenter" who volunteered to build an architecturally unique spiral staircase in a convent chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is as sound today as when it was first built, and has never needed repair. Ancient tradition states that Saint Joseph watches over and protects the Church. He is considered the model of a perfect Christian life and the patron of a happy death. His patronage extends over the Mystical Body of Christ, over the Christian family and schools, carpenters, fathers, laborers, and all individuals who appeal to his charity and intercession, especially in the hour of death. Joseph, when dying, received the loving read more

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