Ora et labora is the seventh studio album by the Croatian singer-songwriter Marko PerkoviÃÂ Thompson, released on 10 April 2013. All songs on the album were written by PerkoviÃÂ and Tiho OrliÃÂ.
The album featured Christian and Catholic themes, as well as Croatian nationalist elements, like most of PerkoviÃÂ's music. The title of the album serves as the core theme that is reiterated in both the first ("Sokolov krik") and last ("Put u raj") song. Many songs are directed at or offer prayers to God, such as "Maranatha" ("Maranatha") and "Uvijek vjerni tebi" ("Always Faithful to You"). Other songs include historical elements about Croatia, such as "Bosna" ("Bosnia") and "Bog i Hrvati" ("God and the Croats"), which are also the two longest songs on the album. PerkoviÃÂ is also critical of so-called "pro-Yugoslavian communist sentiments" in modern-day Croatia, even referencing Stjepan RadiÃÂ's famous 24 November 1918 speech about Croatian people being led into the creation of Yugoslavia like "geese rushing into the fog."
The album received instant commercial success, topping charts in Croatia as well as other countries such as Germany, Sweden and Austria.