31 AUGUST SAN GIUSEPPE D'ARIMATEA. Prayer to be recited today to the Saint
PRAYER
O God, who in your infinite goodness
you chose Giuseppe d'Arimatea (and Nicodemus)
to bury the body in a new tomb
of your beloved Son deposed from the cross,
let us do similar things
and buried together with your Son in death,
together with him we rise to life that has no end.
He is God and lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
for all ages. Amen.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
Giuseppe d'Arimatea
he was not afraid of exposing himself to danger
daring to request your body.
Do that with the affection of your disciple
and with equal courage
we are not afraid to expose ourselves
in taking loving care
of the suffering limbs of your Body.