
Common Latin Prayers with Interlinear Phonetics
Purchase 5 or more for $10.45 each. A Collaboration of PrayLatin & Romanitas Press Learn how to pray in Latin! The Latin language is an important part of Roman Catholic culture, not only in the church, but also in the home. As taught by Pope John XXIII in Veterum Sapientia: "Thus the 'knowledge and use of this language,' so intimately bound up with the Church’s life, 'is important not so much on cultural or literary grounds, as for religious reasons.' These are the words of Our Predecessor Pius XI, who conducted a scientific inquiry into this whole subject, and indicated three qualities of the Latin language which harmonize to a remarkable degree with the Church’s nature. 'For the Church, precisely because it embraces all nations and is destined to endure to the end of time … of its very nature requires a language which is universal, immutable, and non-vernacular.'” Recently, there has been resurgence among Catholics in regaining this patrimony as an integral part of their prayer l