The Immaculate Conception, Fillippo Parodi; 1660s

THOU art all fair, O Mary, and stain of original sin is not found in thee.
Thy vestiture is white as snow; and thy face is as the sun.
Thou art the glory of Jerusalem; thou art the joy of Israel; thou art the honor of our people.
Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, by the Lord, the Most High God, above all women upon the earth.
Draw us, O Immaculate Virgin: we will run after thee in the odor of thy ointments.

(From the First Vespers of the Vigil for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, observed this year on Monday Dec.9)

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