Our Father in Latin (Pater Noster)

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The Our Father in Latin is Pater Noster (PAH-ter NOHS-ter). Each English line is followed by the traditional Latin and an Ecclesiastical (Church) pronunciation guide; capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

Our Father, who art in heaven,

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

(PAH-ter NOHS-ter, kwee ehs een CHEH-lees)

hallowed be thy name;

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

(sahnk-tee-fee-CHEH-toor NOH-men TOO-oom)

thy kingdom come;

Advéniat regnum tuum.

(ahd-VEH-nee-aht REH-nyoom TOO-oom)

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

(FEE-aht voh-LOON-tahs TOO-ah, SEE-koot een CHEH-loh eht een TEHR-rah)

Give us this day our daily bread,

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

(PAH-nem NOHS-troom kwoh-tee-dee-AH-noom dah NOH-bees OH-dee-eh)

and forgive us our trespasses,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

(eht dee-MEET-teh NOH-bees DEH-bee-tah NOHS-trah)

as we forgive those who trespass against us;

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

(SEE-koot eht nohs dee-MEET-tee-moos deh-bee-TOH-ree-boos NOHS-trees)

and lead us not into temptation,

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

(eht neh nohs een-DOO-kahs een ten-tah-tsee-OH-nem)

but deliver us from evil. Amen.

sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.

(sed LEE-beh-rah nohs ah MAH-loh. AH-men)

Listen: Pater Noster (Gregorian chant)

Schola Gregoriana. Source, CC BY-SA 3.0.

More: all Latin prayers with pronunciation · the whole Rosary in Latin.

Questions

What is the Our Father in Latin?

The Our Father in Latin is Pater Noster, pronounced (PAH-ter NOHS-ter).

When is the Our Father prayed in the Rosary?

It begins each decade, on the single bead, and once at the start.

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