Ora!

Ora! brings Catholic prayer into the rhythm of everyday life. Follow the current Hour, pray the Rosary bead by bead, return to traditional prayers and the saints, carry an intention through a Novena, and enter quiet places made for prayer. THE HOURS Ora! follows your local time through Lauds, Terce, Sext, Nones, Vespers, and Compline. Daily readings and time-aware recommendations make it easy to begin where you are. THE CATHEDRAL Enter an always-open communal space to read intentions, pray with others, and light a public candle. Public candles are intentional, temporary contributions. Reporting and local blocking help protect the prayer space. Sign in with Apple provides a stable, privacy-minimal identity without publishing your name or email. THE PRIVATE CHAPEL Choose Pietà, Adoration, or Queen of Heaven and Earth as a private place to become still. The Adoration guide offers an unrushed structure for prayer. Ora!’s devotional representation is not the Eucharist or sacramental exposition and does not replace prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. THE LIBRARY Explore 569 individually curated offline prayers, more than 100 saints, 50 source-backed Novenas, an offline Bible, Mass and Confession companions, and a touch-responsive Rosary in English and Latin. Favorites, progress, and journal entries are remembered gently—without streaks, scores, rankings, or punishment for time away. GLOBAL PRAYER Four daily moments invite the Church to pray together. Choose reminders independently and, if you wish, schedule one public intention into an upcoming prayer. It appears once without your name, then becomes a 24-hour Cathedral candle. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Private Chapel candles, private intentions, Rosary progress, Prayer Journal entries, Nightly Examen reflections, and Confession preparation remain on your device. They are never used for the Cathedral or Global Prayer. Public prayer happens only through a separate, explicit action. Ora! contains no advertising and does not track you across other companies’ apps or websites. The name comes from the Latin imperative “ora”: pray. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/