Saturday, January 5, 2013

'Tota pulchra es' - You are all beautiful, Mary


photoVirgen del Carmen, Museo del Ex Convento Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Álvaro Obregón, Cdad. de México, D.F.

Tota pulchra es, Maria,
et macula originalis non est in te.
Vestimentum tuum candidum quasi nix, et facies tua sicut sol.
Tota pulchra es, Maria,
et macula originalis non est in te.
Tu gloria Jerusalem, tu laetitia Israel, tu honorificentia populi nostri.
Tota pulchra es, Maria.


You are all beautiful, Mary,
and the original stain [of sin] is not in you.
Your clothing is white as snow, and your face is like the sun.
You are all beautiful, Mary,
and the original stain [of sin] is not in you.
You are the glory of Jerusalem, you are the joy of Israel, you give honour to our people.
You are all beautiful, Mary.



photoEl milagro de la Virgen a San Juan de la Cruz en el río, Retablo de la Virgen del Carmen, Templo del Exconvento de la Soledad, Cdad. de Puebla, Pue.