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Anima Christi in Latin

The fourteenth-century Anima Christi in its original Latin, beside the English. St Ignatius put it at the head of his Spiritual Exercises.

Anima Christi, sanctifica me. Corpus Christi, salva me. Sanguis Christi, inebria me. Aqua lateris Christi, lava me. Passio Christi, conforta me. O bone Iesu, exaudi me. Intra tua vulnera absconde me. Ne permittas me separari a te. Ab hoste maligno defende me. In hora mortis meae voca me, et iube me venire ad te, ut cum Sanctis tuis laudem te in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. O good Jesus, hear me. Within thy wounds hide me. Suffer me not to be separated from thee. From the malignant enemy defend me. In the hour of my death call me, and bid me come to thee, that with thy saints I may praise thee for ever and ever. Amen.

Latin from Medulla pietatis Christianae (1868)

From the League Devotions for the Apostleship of Prayer (1895)

In English: Anima Christi

How to pronounce Church Latin

The Church says Latin the Roman way, close to Italian. These rules cover the sounds you will meet in the prayers here. (Classical Latin, taught in many schools, sounds different: c and g are always hard.)

Vowels
a as in father, e as in met, i as in machine, o as in or, u as in rule. Every vowel is sounded: Dei is DEH-ee.
ae, oe
Said like e: caeli is CHEH-lee, saecula is SEH-koo-lah.
c
Like ch in church before e, i, ae and oe: caeli is CHEH-lee, caelestis is cheh-LEH-stees. Hard, like k, elsewhere (culpa).
g
Soft, like g in gem, before e and i (Genitrix, jeh-NEE-trix); hard elsewhere (gloria).
gn
Like ny in canyon: regnum is REH-nyoom, agnus is AH-nyoos.
h
Silent (hodie, AW-dee-eh), except in mihi and nihil, where it sounds as k.
j, or i before a vowel
Like y in yes: Iesus (Jesus) is YEH-soos, eius is EH-yoos.
qu
Like kw: qui is kwee, quotidianum is kwoh-tee-dee-AH-noom.
sc
Like sh before e and i: descendit is deh-SHEN-deet.
ti
Like tsee before a vowel: gratia is GRAH-tsee-ah, tentationem is ten-tah-tsee-OH-nem.
ch, ph, th
ch is k (Christus), ph is f (prophetas), th is t (catholicam).
xc
Like ksh before e and i: excelsis is ek-SHEL-sees.

Questions

How do I pronounce Church Latin?

Mostly as Italian: c before e or i is ch, g before e or i is soft, gn is ny, ae and oe are e, and ti before a vowel is tsee. The guide on this page lists the rules with examples.

Why Iesus and not Jesus?

Older books print Jesus and ejus with a J; Church Latin today usually writes I. Both are said the same way, with a y sound: YEH-soos.

Can I print it?

Yes. Print card prints the Latin with the English beside it, on one page.

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