The Latin text of the Lesser Doxology is "Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen." Literally translated, it means "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen." The "s" is already a fricative, and it's easier for the "k" to soften up as it moves forward into the "s" and become just a fricative, "sh." But you're not going to say "s-sh." The two sounds The Gloria at Mass. Text of the Gloria was first found in Greek and Syrian sources, where it was sung as an Easter hymn at dawn, and at the conclusion of morning prayer. It more than likely entered the west through Gaul. By the sixth century it had been incorporated into the Papal Christmas Mass. The Gloria was introduced into Sunday Masses and Best Answer. Copy. That's pleni sunt caeli et terra. The rest of the phrase is Gloria tua. So the whole phrase means, "The heavens and earth are full of your glory." pleni - full ; sunt - are It will be noticed that the Gloria is a hymn of praise addressed to each Person of the Holy Trinity in turn, although the clause about the Holy Ghost is very short (cum sancto Spiritu) and is evidently an afterthought. It does not occur in the text of the Apostolic Constitutions. Hosanna in excelsis. In the Roman Rite, the Sanctus also forms part of the solemn hymn of praise Te Deum laudamus , but with the addition of a reference to the "majesty" of the Lord's glory in the Pleni sunt verse (the phrase pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua becomes pleni sunt caeli et terra maiestatis gloriae tuae ). XzBD0p.

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