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[LAST UPDATED May 1st, 2025.] This collection of Catholic Latin phrases is taken from our Instagram page, where we have been posting beautiful Latin graphics that follow the Liturgical year. Many are taken from the Divine Intimacy, the classic book of daily meditations.

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LATIN PHRASES FOR LENT

Septuagesima –
7th decade prior to Easter
Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris – Remember O man, that thou art dust, & to dust thou shalt return.
Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris – Remember, man, that you are dust and to dust you shall return.
Dilexit me, et tradidit semetipsum pro me – He loved me and delivered himself for me
Nunc Caepi – Now I begin

LATIN PHRASES FOR EASTER

Resurrexit sicut dixit – He is risen as He said

LATIN PHRASES FOR CHRISTMAS

Lumen ad revelationem Gentium – A light for revelation to the Gentiles

PHRASES ABOUT VIRTUE OR INSPIRATION

Christus jubet, sufficit –
Christ commands, that is enough
Dominus est – It is the Lord
Sic nos amantem quis non redamaret?
Who would not love Him, Who has loved us so much?
Catholic Latin Phrases
Propter Deum – For God’s sake
Quod Deus non est, nihil est –
whatsoever is not God is nothing
Domine, fac de me sicut vis –
Lord, do with me what you will
In hoc signo vinces –
In this sign, I will conquer
Ad astra per aspera –
through adversity to the stars
Bonum faciendum, malum vitandum – In order to do good, it is necessary to flee from evil
Ego sum via rectissima –
I am the straightest way

CATHOLIC LATIN PHRASES

Ex Cathedra – from the Chair
Alter Christus – another Christ
Mystici Corporis Christi –
of the Mystical Body of Christ
Sacramentum exeuntium –
The Sacrament of those departing

PHRASES FROM SCRIPTURE

In illo tempore – at that time
Non in commotione Dominus
– The Lord is not in the earthquake
Quotidie morior
– I die daily
Dei sumus adjutores
– We are God’s collaborators
Certus sum
– I am certain
Fiat volutas tua
– Thy will be done
In patientia vestra possidebitis animas vestras – In your patience, you shall possess your souls

Main Image: Victor Lagye, Family Scene at the Time of the Catholic League (1609)

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