Knowing prayers in Latin?

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How many prayers do you guys know in latin? In the past year, I have so far:

Memorized Hail Mary in Latin

Memorized Our Father in Latin

Memorized the Gloria in Latin (I think it’s the gloria :P)

Almost memorized Salve Regina in Latin

Memorized Domine Iesu in Latin but starting to forget it
 
It is more a matter of remembering prayers I had to learn as a child in Catholic school, including Mass responses (dialog Mass came in about the time I made first communion). It is like riding a bike, when we started the Latin here in this parish I only had to hear it once. The Ave I have to sing or chant to remember the words, same with the Salve
 
I’m in the process of learning my prayers in Latin (I started about a month ago)

I’ve learned:
The Ave Maria
The Jesus Prayer (Which I am praying as I walk to classes for Lent)
the minor doxology

I’m learning:
the Pater Noster (I get to ‘quotidianum da nobis hodie’ and can never remember what comes after)
Oratio ad S. Michaël Archangele

In my sights are:
The Prayer of S. Francis.
 
Like Puzzle, for me it is prayers I remember as a Child in Catholic School.

I learned all the latin for serving Mass, and before I could use it, they changed to English…:bighanky:

The two things I remember (well one and a half) are, the sign of the cross of course and the first half of the Confiteor Deo…and a couple of the responses.

Peace
James
 
Yeah,I know three,how many you know? (OK,this is not fair to you because I did study Latin in school):yeah_me:
 
Introibo ad altare Deo

Confiteor

Gloria

Credo

Sanctus

Pater Noster

Agnus Dei

(I know one who’s memorized the entire Canon or EP1)
 
As a singer, I’ve sung many Latin texts over and over until I know them, including the Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, many psalms and, of course, the Pater and Ave. They just kind of sink in over the years.
 
ZDHayden said:
I’m in the process of learning my prayers in Latin (I started about a month ago)

I’ve learned:
The Ave Maria
The Jesus Prayer (Which I am praying as I walk to classes for Lent)
the minor doxology

I’m learning:
the Pater Noster (I get to ‘quotidianum da nobis hodie’ and can never remember what comes after)
Oratio ad S. Michaël Archangele

In my sights are:
The Prayer of S. Francis.
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These helped me learn Pater Noster:

youtube.com/watch?v=P2YQ8BRiAF0&feature=related

youtube.com/watch?v=6F3wFvgY04k&feature=related

I also forgot, I know the Credo in Latin 😃
 
More than half the time when I memorize something in Latin I have no idea what it means because I only had it memorized from being in a choir.

For example I used to think that Ave Maria gratia plena was just some song by Schuberts. It was not until a few years ago that I made the connection. So now I have the Hail Mary prayer memorized in Latin with the exception of the last part (ora pro. . . )

I have the songs Panis Angelicus and Ave Verum and a couple others memorized in Latin but have no idea what I am singing.

Then of course there is the Kyrie, though that tecnically is Greek, Gloria, and Sanctus.

One thing I noticed is that the translation does not make sense to me with the Gloria. It just seems like there is more stuff added in the Latin version unless it takes more phrases to say the same thing in Latin as it does in English.
 
wjp984 said:
More than half the time when I memorize something in Latin I have no idea what it means because I only had it memorized from being in a choir.
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Hang in there. First comes the memorization, then comes the understanding. For example, when you first learned the Our Father did you understand everything in the prayer? Do you understand what “hallowed” means now? Or the exact meaning of “trespasses?” Yet people give up because they tell themselves they will never understand the Latin.
Then of course there is the Kyrie, though that tecnically is Greek, Gloria, and Sanctus.
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The Sanctus also has the Hebrew Sabaoth. So with the Kyrie, all three languages of the cross are represented. Keep up the good work. 👍
 
Thank you to those who gave links. JPII certainly was a powerful singer wasn’t he?

Personally, I think learning our prayers in Latin and Sacred Scripture in Latin are two objectives every Catholic should have. As a Latin Education major, I have definitely learned that, in the comparative case of English especially, Latin is far more precise and contains a far greater potential depth of meaning than “equivalent” words in English. Latin is also the language of our shared heritage.

Oh, I forgot to mention in my first post that I regularly say the Sign of the Cross in Latin, and am learning St. Benedict’s introduction (Per signum Crucis) and also am wanting to learn St. Augustine’s “Domine Jesu, noverim me.”
 
ProVobis said:
Hang in there. First comes the memorization, then comes the understanding. For example, when you first learned the Our Father did you understand everything in the prayer? Do you understand what “hallowed” means now? Or the exact meaning of “trespasses?” Yet people give up because they tell themselves they will never understand the Latin.

The Sanctus also has the Hebrew Sabaoth. So with the Kyrie, all three languages of the cross are represented. Keep up the good work. 👍
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Oh, I’m not trying to learn it; I just find it funny that I have songs memorized in Latin and have no idea what they mean. The only words I know are the easy ones (God, faith, reason, and, for, but, the, thing, mother, soul, blessed, etcetera).
 
wjp984 said:
Oh, I’m not trying to learn it; I just find it funny that I have songs memorized in Latin and have no idea what they mean. The only words I know are the easy ones (God, faith, reason, and, for, but, the, thing, mother, soul, blessed, etcetera).
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I work in retail and a few months ago there was a little girl singing Frère Jacques. Now I assume she only spoke English and that she had absolutely no idea how to conjugate French verbs. Yet, here she was happily singing a French song. Perhaps someone told her what the words meant, perhaps not, but she could remember it because it was melodic. Our brains are wired in such a way that we can remember things much better if they are done in a song. For instance, I can sing the Salve Regina but I could not simply say it in Latin (I can in English though). In fact, even try to say the ABCs out loud without breaking into the Alphabet Song. It’s very difficult.

In monasteries and convents during meal time in the refectory, someone will read either out of the Rule of the community or out of some book. This reading is not done straight or even dramatically but rather is intoned because it’s much easier to remember what you have heard if it is melodic (this is also why you have to be very careful as to what sort of music you listen to because it will stick in your brain).
 
I have the many of the Mass parts memorized simply because I hear it (and say it quietly):

Asperges Me
Signum Crucis / Gloria Patri
Introibo ad Altare Dei
Confiteor
Kyrie (okay, that’s Greek)
Gloria (mostly)
Credo (mostly)
Sanctus
Pater Noster
Agnus Dei
Domine non sum dignus

Ave Maria
Salve Regina

That’s about it. Some of the Ambrosian hymns from the Office are coming along and certain other parts (e.g. “Fratres, sobrii estote et vigilate…” 1Pe 5:8-9, said at Compline in the Benedictine Office). Indeed, in the Benedictine Office, Compline is the same every night (in the Roman Office, it changes per day) because the monks/nuns are supposed to memorize the whole thing so it can be said in the dark.

Sometimes I say the Rosary in Latin, I don’t have the Apostles’ Creed down though.
 
I’ve learned in latin:

The Pater Noster
Half of the Anima Christi
Agnus Dei (Is that considered a prayer?)
Sanctus (prayer?)
Domine Non Sum Dignus
The Gloria Patri

I would like to learn:
The Angelus
Ave Maria
The Confiteor
The Credo
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
St Michael the Archangel

Okay some of them may not be “prayers”.
 
PiousTemplar said:
How many prayers do you guys know in latin? In the past year, I have so far:

Memorized Hail Mary in Latin

Memorized Our Father in Latin

Memorized the Gloria in Latin (I think it’s the gloria :P)

Almost memorized Salve Regina in Latin

Memorized Domine Iesu in Latin but starting to forget it
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Just wondering what the purpose of that would be? 🤷 God understands all languages 🙂
 
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