Pater noster, qui es in caelis,
sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Adveniat regnum tuum.
Fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
sed libera nos a malo.
Amen.
ECUMENICAL 1ST CENTURY AD (TEXT); 4TH CENTURY AD (LATIN LITURGICAL FORM)
The Pater Noster
Also known as Our Father in Latin ยท The Lord's Prayer in Latin
Other forms
With doxology (some Protestant traditions)
Pater noster, qui es in caelis,
sanctificetur nomen tuum.
Adveniat regnum tuum.
Fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in caelo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
sed libera nos a malo.
Quia tuum est regnum, et potestas,
et gloria, in saecula.
Amen.
About this prayer
The Pater Noster is the Latin text of the Lord's Prayer, the form in which the prayer was used in Western Christian worship from the early centuries until the liturgical reforms of the 1960s. The Latin translation used in the Roman Rite derives principally from the Vulgate Bible of St. Jerome (c. 382-405 AD), which became the standard biblical text of the Western church. For over fifteen centuries, the Pater Noster was the form in which most Western Christians encountered the Lord's Prayer, memorized it, and prayed it daily. It remains in active use in traditional Latin Mass communities, in Gregorian chant settings, in the Rosary as prayed in some communities, and as a point of historical reference. The Latin form preserves the original liturgical character of the prayer in a way that modern vernacular translations, which vary by denomination and era, do not.
When it's said
The Pater Noster is prayed aloud at every traditional Latin Mass (the Tridentine Mass or Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite), said by the priest just before Communion. It is said in Gregorian chant settings in monasteries following the traditional Divine Office. In the Rosary as prayed in the traditional form, the Pater Noster opens each decade. Outside the traditional Latin Mass, it is used in Latin by communities that maintain Latin as a devotional language.
Notes on the text
The Latin word "debita" (debts) corresponds to the word used in Matthew's Greek original. The English translation most commonly used in Catholic liturgy renders this as "trespasses" rather than "debts," following a tradition established in English devotional practice. For the full context, history, and denominational variations of this prayer, see the Lord's Prayer page on this site.
Source
Matthew 6:9-13 (New Testament). Latin text from the Vulgate Bible (St. Jerome, c. 382-405 AD), as used in the Roman Rite. Public domain.
Last reviewed: May 2026 against primary source.