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# Ora et Labora
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/ora-et-labora/
- Published: 2025-09-22T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T14:41:39.000Z
- Description: Brief wisdom on how to work by the 17th century Danish poet Henrik Harder
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: E. J. Hutchinson, Poetry

**“Ora et Labora” (from** [**Henrik Harder**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik%5FHarder?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)**, *Epigrams* 1)**

*Ut felix sit opus tuum, precare;* 
*ut felix sit opus tuum labora.* 
*Ceu nil proficerent preces, labora;* 
*ceu nil proficeret labor precare.*

So that your toil may turn out happy, pray;  
So that your toil may turn out happy, work.  
As if your prayers would profit nothing, work;  
As if your work would profit nothing, pray.