Disciples · Remembered on August 31

Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus

Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus is remembered on August 31 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

Remembered on	August 31
Title	Disciples
Next on Bless’s Today screen	Tuesday, August 31, 2027

Life

The two hidden disciples whom fear kept silent until the Cross made them bold: the rich councilman who begged the body of Jesus and gave his new tomb, and the night visitor who had asked about being born again and came at last with a hundred pounds of myrrh. The Church honors them together on one day.

In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

Date	In the US calendar	Color	Mass readings (US)
Tuesday, August 31, 2027	Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time	Green	1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11 · Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 · Luke 7:16 · Luke 4:31-37
Thursday, August 31, 2028	Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time	Green	1 Corinthians 1:1-9 · Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 · Matthew 24:42a, 44 · Matthew 24:42-51

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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