“Tota pulchra es” is an old Catholic prayer, written in the fourth century AD. It is one of the five antiphons for the psalms of Second Vespers for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The title means “You are completely beautiful” (referring to the Virgin Mary). It speaks of her immaculate conception. It takes some text from the deuterocanonical book of Judith, and other text from Song of Songs. Tota pulchra es, Maria. Et macula originalis non est in te. Tu gloria Ierusalem. Tu laetitia Israel. Tu honorificentia populi nostri. Tu advocata peccatorum. O Maria. Virgo prudentissima. Mater clementissima. Ora pro nobis. Intercede pro nobis ad Dominum Iesum Christum. In conceptione tua, Immaculata fuisti. Ora pro nobis Patrem cuius Filium peperisti. Domina, protege orationem meam. Et clamor meus ad te veniat. Amen.

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