Your time, offered deliberately
Choose five, ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes and name the intention you are carrying. The timer gives the time a boundary without turning prayer into a race.
Oratio Continua · continuous prayer
Give God the time you have.
Choose a duration. Offer an intention. Then let the prayers of the Church carry you, one line at a time, until the bell rings.
Free to try · iPhone and iPad
A one-minute sample
Set aside a little time.
This short web sample uses the Memorare. The complete app lets you choose 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes and moves through a daily sequence of prayers.
1 minute
Peaceful rain
Latin prayer
Audio begins only when you choose to start.
01:00 Oratio Continua
Memorare
Memorare, o piissima Virgo Maria,
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
The bell would ring here
A minute given to prayer.
In Credo, continue for 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes with a daily-rotated sequence of traditional prayers.
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A simple rhythm that keeps you in prayer.
There is nothing to browse and no perfect meditation to find. Bring the time you have; Credo takes care of the sequence and pace.
The Church's prayers, line by line
Pray the Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Memorare, Anima Christi, Salve Regina, and more. A daily rotation keeps familiar words from becoming invisible.
Listen, read, or remain in silence
Hear each line in ecclesiastical Latin or English, or choose no voice. Add peaceful rain, Mozart's Lacrimosa, or sacred silence.
Prayer that does not demand the screen
Turn on automatic line advancement and lock your phone. The spoken prayer and soundscape continue until your chosen time is complete.
In the daily sequence
Meet the prayers before you pray them.
Every prayer in the rotation has its own page here — the Latin, a line-by-line translation, the vocabulary, and audio to pray along with.
How it feels
No streak to defend. No performance to prove.
Oratio Continua is designed for the ordinary moment when you want to pray but feel distracted, tired, or unsure what to say.
- 00:00
Begin with an intention
Place a person, need, gratitude, or burden before God. The intention stays private.
- 00:01
Receive the next line
The prayer appears slowly enough to attend to it, in Latin with the meaning close at hand.
- 05:00+
Stop when the bell rings
No hunting for a stopping point. Credo closes the session gently when the time you offered is complete.
Why the name?
Oratio continua means continuous prayer.
St. Paul tells Christians to “pray without ceasing.” The Church does not understand this as abandoning work or ordinary responsibilities. The Catechism describes a life in which prayer and Christian action belong to the same love.
This feature is one small practice within that larger life: a bounded period of vocal prayer, offered attentively. Its pacing and sound can support recollection, but they do not manufacture contemplation or replace the sacraments, the liturgy, or personal prayer.
Questions about Oratio Continua
Do I need to know Latin?
No. You can listen in English, follow the translation while hearing Latin, pray without narration, or use Oratio Continua as part of learning the prayers over time.
Is this Catholic meditation?
It is traditional vocal prayer presented at a meditative pace. The Catechism encourages Christian meditation and teaches that its object and goal are Christ: listening to God, responding in faith, converting the heart, and growing in love of him.
Which prayers are included?
Every session has a devotional foundation including the Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Gloria, Anima Christi, Angelus, Salve Regina, Memorare, Fatima Prayer, Sub Tuum Praesidium, and Apostles' Creed. Prayers you unlock in Credo join the rotation.
Does it pray the Rosary?
Oratio Continua includes several core prayers of the Rosary, but it is not a structured Rosary or mystery guide. It moves through a daily-rotated sequence of traditional prayers for the duration you choose.
Does it work with the screen locked?
Yes. On iPhone and iPad, spoken prayer and an active soundscape can continue while the device is locked.
Is my prayer intention shared?
No. The intention is an optional private part of preparing your session. Credo does not include the intention text in its analytics or public sharing.
Pray without ceasing
Begin with five minutes.
Bring the intention. Credo will bring the words.
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