Gloria

133. According to IG 53 the singing of the Gloria may be begun by the priest, cantor or choir. It is sung by the choir alone, by everyone together or alternately - by the people with the choir. If not sung, the Gloria is said by all or by two parts of the congregation responding to each other. The Gloria is sung or said on Sundays outside of Lent and Advent, special more solemn celebrations, Solemnities, and Feasts.

134. For Mass with Children, according to DMC 31, "To facilitate the children's participation in singing the ... Gloria ... it is permissible to use with the melodies appropriate vernacular texts, accepted by competent authority, even if they do not correspond exactly to the liturgical texts." However this seems to have been reversed by IG 53, which has "The text of this hymn is not to be replaced by any other."

135. It is highlighted, for the Stational Mass, that "During the Gloria all stand." (CB 135).

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