Catholic Latin Phrases – Ora et Labora

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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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Lent
Easter
Christmas
Virtue & Inspiration
Catholic Latin phrases
Phrases from Scripture

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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November 13th Newsletter – Ora et Labora Publications

November 23, 2024 at 5:59 pm

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