describe the music of glory to god in the highest
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On most Sundays at Mass — after gathering, signing ourselves with the cross, confessing our sins and acclaiming God’s mercy — we praise God with the singing of the Gloria. The Gloria is also sung on feasts and solemnities throughout the church year. While our liturgical books and documents allow for the Gloria to be recited, it is a hymn, and hymns are most effective when they are sung.
The Gloria is one of the church’s most ancient hymns, dating from as early as the fourth century. The Gloria has a peculiar place among the parts of the Mass that are sung: It is one of the few instances in which music is not accompanying another liturgical action. Much of our sung and instrumental music at Mass accompanies processions, including at the entrance, the procession with the Gospel book, the preparation of the altar and gifts, the distribution of Communion, and the procession at the end of Mass.
Sometimes our music accompanies a liturgical action such as the Rite of Sprinkling, or the breaking of the Bread — properly known as the Fraction Rite. At other times, our singing is a dialogue with the priest celebrant or other liturgical ministers. Our singing can also consist of interjected acclamations, like those sung during the Eucharistic Prayer. But the singing of the Gloria is the liturgical action taking place; nothing else is happening at that moment in the Mass.