“Saint Luke gives it a brief text (with five petitions (cf Luke 11, 2-4)), Saint Matthew a more developed version (with seven petitions (cf Mt 6, 9-13))”, he continues.
According to the Catechism, the liturgical tradition of the Catholic Church “has preserved the text of Saint Matthew”:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name;
let your kingdom come;
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread;
forgive our offenses
as we also forgive those who offend us;
Do not let us fall into temptation,
and deliver us from evil.
In his general audience on December 12, 2018, Pope Francis highlighted that “the prayer of the ‘Our Father’ has its roots in the concrete reality of man. For example, he makes us ask for bread, our daily bread: a simple but essential request, which says that faith is not a ‘decorative’ matter, separate from life, which intervenes when all other needs are satisfied. If anything, prayer begins with life itself.”