Issue Nº 001 · The Daily Breviary
Some mornings you wake up full of faith. Others, you can barely find the words to pray. ORA Daily meets you right where you are. Every day, a Bible verse and a reflection to help you live it. Whatever you are going through, there is always a word waiting for you.
Manifesto
It is a small, quiet companion that meets you where you are, anxious, grateful, distracted, hopeful, and points you to a verse, a psalm, a line of tradition that has carried other people through days like this one.
We built ORA because we wanted something different. A few minutes. A real text. A real silence. The kind of reading that does not ask anything of you except your attention.
Every note in ORA is drawn from the Catholic spiritual tradition and matched to the liturgical calendar and to the lived experience the day seems to call for.
Table of Contents
Six pieces, in the order most people come to use them. Each one short enough to read in a coffee, long enough to remember by lunch.
Every day, a Bible verse chosen based on your topics, language, and time zone. With a brief Catholic reflection to carry that Word with you all day.
"Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:4
Every Sunday, receive the Gospel reading with a reflection and the name of the celebration. Prepare your heart for the Day of the Lord.
"The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want."
Psalm 23:1
Want to go deeper? Tap Reflection for an extended pastoral explanation of the daily verse and gospel. For the days you want to go further.
"Our hearts are restless, until they rest in You."
St. Augustine, Confessions
Save the notes that find you. Build a small private library of days that mattered. Re-read them on the days that follow. The app remembers, gently.
"Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
Deuteronomy 6:9
A book of prayers in your pocket. Basic, devotional, and children's prayers. Includes all four sets of Rosary Mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous. The saint of the day, a short life and a short prayer.
"Lord, teach us to pray."
Luke 11:1
English and Spanish, written in each language. The tone of an ORA note in English is not the same as the one in Spanish. Each reader gets the voice that sounds like home.
"There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit."
1 Corinthians 12:4
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Be still, and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10
Sunday Gospel
Every Sunday, receive the Gospel reading with a reflection and the name of the celebration. Prepare your heart for the Day of the Lord.
Prayers & Rosary
Basic, devotional, and children's prayers. The Holy Rosary with all four sets of Mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous. For the moments you do not have the words of your own.
Inspiring Music
Listen to songs of inspiration and faith directly in the app. Continuous playback, on-screen lyrics, and lock screen controls. Music that accompanies your prayer and your day.
A Day with ORA
Four moments a day where the app quietly asks for a few minutes of your attention. No streaks. No notifications you did not ask for.
The Daily Verse, set to the hour you choose. A verse. A breath. The day begins in a different key.
A short psalm for the lunch break. A line to carry into the second half of the working day.
The saint of the day. A short life, a short prayer. The tradition speaking to the present hour.
An examination of conscience, gently written. Three lines to read before sleep. That is the whole practice.
Read in English, Español
Written in each language
A simple model
| Feature | Access |
|---|---|
Daily VerseA Scripture verse every day, chosen for the day you are living, with a short reflection. | Free |
Sunday GospelThe Gospel of the Mass each Sunday, with a reflection beside it. | Free |
Prayers & Saint of the DayThe traditional prayers, guided, and a short life of the saint of the day. | Free |
Multiple LanguagesEN, ES. Switch whenever you want. Pick up to two topics for free. | Free |
Home Screen WidgetAdd a verse or a Daily Note to your phone's home screen, with a single tap from the app. | Free |
Save FavoritesKeep a small private library of the days that found you. Re-read them whenever you need them. | Premium |
Customize Widget & More TopicsChange the widget's color, font, and verse. Choose more than two topics: work, family, grief, gratitude, discernment. | Premium |
Subscriptions auto-renew monthly or yearly. You can cancel at any time in your App Store account settings, and the cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
A simple model
Most of ORA is free. Your annual subscription helps sustain ORA and bring its daily message of faith and hope to more people.
Thank you for being part of this mission.
Frequently asked
ORA is built within the Catholic tradition, and we have tried to read and translate carefully. The biblical passages we share come from public-domain Catholic translations, gently adapted for modern reading, close to the original, but written to be heard rather than studied. For the readings of the Mass, your parish missalette is always the right companion, and our Terms of Service has the details.
The Daily Verse, the Sunday Gospel, the prayers, the saint of the day, multiple languages, up to two topics, and the home screen widget are free, in full, forever. A Premium subscription opens saving favorites, customising the widget (color, font, verse), and choosing more than two topics. Prices are shown in your local App Store currency.
Subscriptions are managed by Apple, on your device. Open Settings → tap your name → Subscriptions → ORA Daily → Cancel Subscription. We never see your payment information, and the cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
We store the minimum needed to make the app work across your devices: your account email, the notes you have saved, and your language and topic preferences. We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information, and we do not use any data to track you across other apps or websites. The full details are in our Privacy Policy.
ORA Daily is on the App Store in June 2026. If you would like a short note when we go live, write to us at [email protected].
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