Should Catholics say "good luck"?
The short answer
Yes. Most people mean "good luck" simply as a wish for good fortune, and a Catholic can use it in that sense.
For most people "good luck" is an everyday way of saying, "I wish you good fortune and hope you obtain it." A Catholic can use the phrase with that meaning.
Interestingly, the word good traces back to an Old English word for God, as in goodbye ("God be with you") and Good Friday ("God's Friday").
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