Can divine intervention help realtors sell homes? The tradition of burying a statue of Saint Joseph in the ground began hundreds of years ago in Spain, where Sister Teresa of Avila prayed to Saint Joseph, who is the patron saint of family and household needs, and buried a medal in the ground. According to a poll by the Saint Joseph Statue Organization, nearly one third of adults (63.2 million) would "consider asking their real estate agent to bury a four-inch statue of St. Joseph in the yard to help sell their home in today's sluggish economy." While this may sound crazy to disbelievers, many realtors swear by trying intervention strategies of the divine nature to help move inventory during this difficult time. As well, through intervention research, many other instances of miracles that have happened around the world can be found.

Janice Bender was told she had months to live, as the metastatic lung cancer spread throughout her frail body. A medical intervention like liquid morphine and chemotherapy seemed her only hope, but even those options had doctors shaking their heads, telling Janice's husband, Frank, that he had better prepare for the worst. So Frank quit his job as a sculptor, yet he did finish one task: resculpting the mask that lay over St. John Neumann's face at his public shrine in Philadelphia.

Father Kevin Moley came from the Church to see Janice and before leaving he placed a relic of St. John Neumann up to her forehead and said a prayer. Instantly, Janice felt a warm, soft feeling expand inside of her and over the next few weeks, dozens of tests confirmed the inexplicable: the cancer had completely disappeared! While they aren't particularly religious people, the Benders attribute the miracle to the divine intervention of Saint John Neumann. "Maybe St. John Neumann wanted this intercession as a gift to him," Moley said, commenting that the new face Frank sculpted was "perfect."

Father Baker is another source of divine intervention in the modern world. Before his death in 1936, he was a respected member of the Lackawanna, NY community, well noted as a protector, as well as an advocate for the rights and happiness of all people. He cared for abused, sick and needy children, first and foremost, but many locals recount numerous stories of the mysterious miracles attributed to this saintly man. Father Baker heard that there had been natural gas found around Buffalo, so he petitioned the bishop for money to dig a well.

Despite his reluctance, the bishop agreed. Legend has it that Father Baker stuck an Our Lady of Victory medal into the ground, instructed them to drill in that spot, and the natural gas was found that easily! Additionally, he performed other divine intervention services: curing a girl in a wheelchair, a woman with a ruptured appendix, a man with an immobile severed arm and several people with severe burns. Strangely enough, three vials of his blood were found in his coffin as they unearthed it to move him to a new location, and the blood in those vials was as fresh as the day he had died! He has not yet been canonized as a saint, but locals often pray to Father Baker and find inspiration in their hometown hero.

For some people, divine intervention can be found in a church. For others, they need to make a long pilgrimage to one of the sacred sites in the world. Tarot card readers have become mainstream as people look for answers, direction and a sense of purpose. Meditation has grown in popularity in Western culture to help connect with a universal soul. When other intervention techniques fail, there's no harm in asking for assistance: you just might be surprised!

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