These alabaster bookends capture a tender moment between Joseph and the Christ Child and include a short prayer. Able to keep heavy books in line, they both organize and decorate your home. This pair of bookends makes the perfect personal gift for all fathers and anyone with a devotion to this model of purity and holiness.

The bookends are made from stone-cast alabaster here in our shop in Steubenville, Ohio. Alabaster is a building and decorating material created from the mineral gypsum that has been used since the time of the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. It boasts an attractive smooth finish.

Each measures roughly 6"x8", including the 4"x6" inset image plaque, and is 3" deep at the base.

Text reads:
"Beloved Saint Joseph, through your intercession, grant me a spirit of humility, of self denial, a great love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and a tender love for Mary, my Mother. St. Joseph, be with me living, be with me dying, and obtain for me a favorable judgement form Jesus, my merciful Savior. Amen."

( BKE-1418 )