ora et labora

/ ˈɔːrɑː ɛt ˈlæbɔːˌrɑː /

1. pray and work

Example Sentences

During my stay, we followed the Benedictine motto “Ora et labora,” pray and work.

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The Acton Institute’s Dylan Pahman flags a new report by the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America which reminds us that monks are also businessmen: Saint Benedict’s motto was “Ora et Labora”–”Pray and Work”, and those monastic communities do have to get funded somehow.

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“Ora et labora” — “prayer and work” — is the order’s motto.

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In the Christian ora et labora ora plays the rôle of pleasure.

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The good old rule ora et labora is an extremely valuable precept, not only for the next world but also for this.

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