Core Prayer
Our Father
The Lord's Prayer with a Catholic reflection on daily bread, forgiveness, temptation, and the Father's will.
The Our Father is the prayer taught by Christ. It gathers praise, dependence, forgiveness, temptation, and trust in the Father.
Prayer
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.
Reflection
This prayer teaches Catholics to begin with God, ask for what is truly needed, and remember that forgiveness belongs to daily Christian life.