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he Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea is a community of Christians in the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee who are committed to "love and serve Jesus with sincere devotion" in all people and in every area of our lives. This is to say that we are here to worship - to adore Christ our Lord, Sunday by Sunday, in the Blessed Sacrament of his Body and Blood; in loving obedience to his commands in our families, our businesses, and all our relationships; by serving him in all those "who, in this transitory life, are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity;" and by calling all people into his saving embrace.
* Merciful God, whose servant Joseph of Arimathea with reverence and godly
fear did prepare the body of our Lord and Savior for burial, and did lay it in
his own tomb: Grant, we beseech thee, to us thy faithful people, grace and
courage to love and serve Jesus with sincere devotion all the days of our life;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and
the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
--Collect for the feast of St. Joseph of Arimathea, Lesser Feasts & Fasts.
