Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus

Collect
O God, by whose grace
Saint Joseph of Arimathea
was emboldened to ask
for the sacred Body of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that together with Saint Nicodemus
he might prepare it for burial and lay it in his own tomb,
give us, we beseech Thee, such an increase of faith and courage
that we may not fear to bear reproach for the sake of Christ,
but rather may serve Him with sincere devotion
all the days of our life.
Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
one God, forever and ever.

Collect at the General Intercessions
O God, who didst leave us traces of Thy sufferings
on the holy Shroud in which Thy sacred Body,
taken from the cross, was wrapped by Joseph,
mercifully grant that, by Thy death and burial,
we may be brought to the glory of Thy resurrection.
Who livest and reignest forever and ever.