E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

THE GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. 4 1
agimus Tibi propter magnam
gloriam Tuam. Domine Deus,
Rex coelestis, Deus Pater
omnipotens. Domine Fill
unigenite Jesu Christe ;
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei.
Filius Patris, qui tollis peccata
mundi, miserere nobis; Qui
tollis peccata mundi, suscipe
deprecationem nostram : Qui
sedes ad dexteram Patris,
nus : Tu solus altissimus, Jesu
Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu,
in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.
We give Thee thanks for Thy
great glory, O Lord God,
heavenly King, God the
Father Almighty. O Lord
Jesus Christ, the only-begotten
Son O Lord ;
God, Lamb of
God, Son of the Father, who
takest away the sins of the
world, have mercy upon us;
Thou who takest away
miserere nobis. Quoniam Tu
solus sanctus : Tu solus Domi-
the
sins of the world receive our
petitions ; Thou who sittest
at the right hand of the
Father have mercy upon us.
For Thou alone art holy :
Thou alone art Lord : Thou
alone, O Jesus Christ, with
the Holy Ghost, art most high
in the glory of God the
Father. Amen.
EXPLANATION OF THE GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.
Let me offer a brief and simple explanation of this
hymn of praise.
Glory be to God on high, that is, may God be
glorified, be honoured, and praised in Heaven, and on
earth peace to men of good-will, and on earth may
peace, the calm ever found where order reigns, belong to
men who are the objects of God s good-will and special
love who have pleased God. Now we enter on the
creature s praise of God we praise Thee we wish in
;
words to acknowledge Thy excellence, we bless Thee ;
as our Lord and God from whom all good things come.
We adore Thee, we pay Thee that supreme homage of
mind and will which God alone can claim ; we glorify
Thee, that through our words, however poor, the clear
knowledge of Thee may spread abroad ; Thy glory we
wish to seek, not our own. We give Thee thanks