The Burial of Jesus.

" . . After this Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus also, who had at first come to him by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' weight. They took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had ever been laid. So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there." John 19: 38-42

We grieve for you, O Mary most sorrowful . . . for the pangs that wrenched your most loving heart at the burial of Jesus.

Dear Mother, by your heart sunk in the bitterness of desolation, obtain for me the virtue of diligence and the gift of wisdom.

Hail Mary...

Three Hail Marys are said in honour of the Tears of Our Sorrowful Mother

Our Father, Hail Mary, Gloria . . . for the intention of the Pope

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