Blessed be your purity
Blessed be your purity,
and blessed for ever,
for God himself delights
in such graceful beauty.
To you, heavenly Princess,
holy Virgin Mary,
I offer this day
my soul, my life and my heart.
Look on me with mercy;
do not leave me, my Mother. Amen.
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About this prayer
A short traditional Spanish prayer in verse, anonymous, probably from the seventeenth century, often linked to devotion to the Immaculate Conception. Generations of Spanish-speaking Catholics learned it as children; it is often said in the morning to offer the day.