St Joseph's Staircase?

Loretto Chapel Staircase

One of my favorite stories surrounding St Joseph, whose feast we celebrate today, is that of the amazing and beautiful spiral staircase in the Loretto Chapel in New Mexico. The story goes that when the chapel was built, there was no way of getting to the choir loft. When the carpenters were consulted about building a staircase, the sisters were told that it would interfere in getting around in the small chapel and so a ladder would be the only answer.
Well the good sisters of the chapel were not satisfied with that solution, and began a novena to St Joseph, patron of carpenters. On the final day of the novena, a man appeared at the chapel looking for work. Several months later, the staircase that remains there today was completed. The man disappeared without leaving any trace of himself and without pay. Some believe it was St Joseph himself who built the staircase.
You can read more about this marvel and its history here.
In the meantime, let us ask St Joseph for his intercession in our own lives.

St Joseph, most chaste spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster father to Our Lord Jesus Christ, pray for us, intercede for those we love. Renew and strengthen our Holy, Catholic Church, and bring all those who have died and will die today to a holy and happy death. 

Amen.