Watch: Pope Saint John Paul II Sings the Pater Noster in Latin!

The Lord’s Prayer, also known as the Our Father or the Pater Noster, is one of the oldest Catholic prayers that was given to the faithful by Jesus Christ Himself!

Christ gave this prayer to His disciples and followers during the Sermon on the Mount as part of His teachings. The Our Father is the most widely known prayer that Catholics all around the globe pray to foster our Faith and grow closer in our relationship to God.

“And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.” Luke 11:2-4 (Douay-Rheims)

Pope Saint John Paul II once explained in a homily that “For Jesus, God is not only the father of Israel, the father of men, but my father, our Father in heaven and on earth, our daily bread.”

Watch below this little-seen video of his first papal visit to the US that shows him singing the Pater Noster with the congregation gathered at Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral in October of 1979:

Pope Saint John Paul II, pray for us!

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