After this address, the statues of “Sleeping St. Joseph” saw an explosion in popularity ... of resting with the Lord in prayer, are moments we might wish to prolong. But like St. Joseph ...

It looked like the kind of figure you might find in a nativity scene, and I guessed he was most likely a saint, as I had seen ...

According to the Journal, between 2009 and 2010, when home prices were stagnant, sales of St. Joseph figurines more than doubled at Catholic Supply of St. Louis, Inc. When prices rose, sales declined.