Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Taught by Christ himself to his apostles, the Our Father is the quintessential Christian prayer. In Lourdes, it punctuates each decade of the Rosary, uniting pilgrims of all languages in the same divine filiation.
All about the Our Father
When to pray the Our Father?
At Mass, in the Rosary, in the morning and evening. It is the fundamental prayer that structures all Christian life.
What interpretation to make of the Lord’s Prayer?
It contains everything: the adoration of the Father, the acceptance of his will, the request for daily bread (material and spiritual) and the request for forgiveness and protection.
To whom is this prayer addressed?
To all the children of God. It is the prayer that makes us all brothers by turning us to the same Father.