Say Your Prayers in French

One of the awesome things about the Catholic Church is you can understand the prayers and the mass even in another country, in another language. Suddenly you appreciate everything you've memorized as a kid and over the years - although you may not understand the individual words, you understand the meaning, and that's what matters, right? It's even better if you can follow along, even if your Polish sounds more like the warbling of a cat than a human language. Attending mass and learning prayers in another language is a great way to pick up some words in that language, too.

Since the Community of the Beatitudes is based in France and mostly French-speaking, and since many of our pilgrims may be speading time in France, here are all the mass parts, and many common prayers, in a handy printable guide. You may not think it now, but helpers like these can be incredibly useful abroad (so print it out before you leave!). Hopefully we will have a Polish language one soon!

For practice and pronunciation:

The Sign of the Cross and the Hail Mary

The Our Father

Click on the image of the PDF to open it up!