Every prayer carries its Latin and its English as separate fields, typed and tagged — Marian, penitential, of the Rosary — so a client can serve a prayer by name, draw one at random, or pull the whole set a devotion needs. No scraping, no transcription, and the Latin is the received text rather than a back-translation of the English.
The request
curl "https://api.torchandlily.com/v1/devotio/prayers/slug/salve-regina" \
-H "X-API-Key: tl_your_key_here"Every read endpoint takes the same header. Keys are free.
The response
{
"id": 5,
"slug": "salve-regina",
"title": "Salve Regina",
"type": "Marian",
"text_latin": "Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae, ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte; et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.",
"text_en": "Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.",
"tags": [
"rosary",
"compline",
"antiphon"
],
"created_at": "2026-04-15T19:53:26.596103+00:00",
"updated_at": "2026-04-15T19:53:26.596103+00:00"
}The same response, set as a reader reads it
Marian — rosary · compline · antiphon
Salve Regina
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae, ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte; et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
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Responses captured 4 September 2026 · All examples