Gloria - Haas

[Eileen17886]

I like this version of the Gloria from Mass of Light better than the revised . I have this one on a recording and the alto part on verse three is easy to learn . the yout minstry choir atmy church does this one all the time last year for their Gloria .

[koleidoscope]

can i get the chords of this please,.,.

email it to renne_chua@yahoo.com

thank you so much!

[djsquirre]

Amazing arrangement. Got to share this with my Dominican Youth Choir for this coming sunday mass :) Glory to God! May God bless the one who arranged this!



[35iknow1]

Sorry it was the " mass of hope"

[35iknow1]

We are starting the new mass parts next week. I really don't like the change, it feels as though there is no life to them. My choir all loved the mass parts we were doing. I think it was called the mass of promise. We just but the "holy" to bed last week :(

[nick347b]

This was my favorite gloria and Mass setting and I'm very sad that we won't get to use it anymore, we've already started using Mass of Storrington :(

[brndurham]

I sing this version almost every mass; I'm my parish church cantor, so I've had to memorize this and all the others.

[jdkarate05]

It's a shame that they will have to rewrite the song to fit the new Roman Missal. This is such a great song. My school's chapel choir does this song every week...we'll just wait and see what they do come November 17, 2011...

[vin5253]

New translation of Roman Missal has changes some words in the Gloria. Perhaps the new translation suits to be sing.

[firststormseason2011]

i always look forward to going to mass when i know this will be our gloria!! it is such a cheerful song!! :)

[s216674]

There are times at Mass to be reverent, there are times to be solemn, and there are times to be joyous! The 'Gloria' at Mass should be joyous and this arrangement is definitely that. "Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God."

We came into the Church this Easter and when the Choir stared singing this song I lost it and cried. We don't use the drums and also use organ and bells along with the piano so it sounds a bit more traditional but it was beautiful and powerful.

[emimi23]

nice ....may i beg this note of this song...micthhycien@yahoo.com..

thanks

[DuchessAliana]

When they change the translation I am going to be SO UPSET that I can't sing this in mass anymore. Like...REALLY UPSET. :(

[someyoungdirector]

@DuchessAliana Never fear: The revised version exists. It is published by GIA. Tell your music director that you like it and want to keep it.

[someyoungdirector]

@someyoungdirector I should have included that this Gloria is from the Mass of Light.

[MTheChequeGuy]

@oshguy42 My brother belongs to that parish :-) Both my nieces were baptized there as well. 

[oshguy42]

We sing this at Lifeteen at St. Raphael the Archangel Parish in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

This Gloria just makes me feel closer to God at mass. I don't care for the other Gloria used at MBS. Its dead and doesn't do anything to move the Holy Sprit.

[misswillingtolearn]

Beautiful , thanks for sharing !

[ILOVEUMPS]

My abosulte favorite version of Gloria! Used to sing this version at college mass with a full band and it was so uplifting it literally gave goosebumps.....

[tiffykym]

I love to listen to this song first thing in the morning, it puts my mind in the right place. thank you for posting it

[IndiaPower92]

god, i love this song. Praise the holy and only One, GOD. :) the lord will be with you in peace

[TheBobbij]

GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, THE ONE, THE ONLY, THE MOST PERFECT, LOVING, PEACEFUL, GENEROUS, EVERMERCIFUL, FORGIVING, AND BEAUTIFUL GOD, ALWAYS CARING FOR US, ALWAYS WANTING THE BEST FOR US, ALWAYS THERE WHO GAVE US ALL, MAY WE ALL CHOOSE HIM, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, SING, you pray twice and use your gifts, GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, FOREVER THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

[Ramrod1287]

Personally, I like this Gloria arrangement the best. They would have been better suited not using the electric guitar though. The piano (and acoustic guitar) are perfect for this song.

Now I just need to try and convince my church to switch over to this version =/

[sullim4]

This is one of the better Gloria arrangements written for the piano, and I'm speaking as someone who normally prefers traditional hymns. I'm not crazy about the "SING GLORY TO GOD!" bit, but that has been weeded out of the revised edition of this setting. Not sure why GIA put electric guitars in this piece either... the piano's arrangement is quite nice.

Alstott's Heritage Gloria is another arrangement that I like.

[Pat93ify]

Love it!!!! I would give it a thousand stars I'd I could!

[jeant82]

What would be non-liturgically correct about this?

[ram010992]

our church in jackson, mi uses this for part of ordinary time and it's by far the best gloria out there. it's exiting and makes people want to give God glory. we take the tempo a little faster than this recording, so it makes it really upbeat, but this arrangement is fantastic.

[ilf93dimarco]

@ram010992 We do this every sunday as well. There are many other Glorias out there, but this is by far the best one. I feel that this is definitely a great way to wake people up in the morning lol - Joe DiMarco (Organist and Music Director of Cabrini Catholic Parish, Allen Park, MI)

[churchlad]

is it possible to have music for this setting please?

[BassoReichert]

@churchlad the music can be found at GIA ( Gregorian Institute Of America) in Chicago. It is the Gloria for the Mass of Light by David Haas. It is a workout for the instruments:) but well worth it!

[pavola75]

This was the Glory sung in the college catholic chapel at Yale University during A/W 2003, unforgettable!

[MaidNAmerica]

I've been looking for this all over youtube. Thanks for uploading it! Love it!

[firetrix100]

This is the Gloria my heart forever sings!

[msuspartanify]

Father rick, I very much enjoyed your version of this hymn. At our church at msu, we always sing it and it always makes me smile.

[1979Beth]

When I used to be Catholic at a Catholic church in Dover, NH our Sunday Morning 11am folk choir did an awesome job with this song! I miss Mr. and Mrs. Kovalcik!

[xyzchisquared]

This is an amazing arrangement! My church stopped using this piece about two years ago and I haven't heard it since. Thank You for posting this! God Bless!

[AdamAndrews2008]

This is an amazing hymn!

Surely, what matters is that it gets across the message of the Gloria, using the original words, but in a way that the whole congregation can understand and take meaning from. Just look at the comments - this hymn makes people WANT to give Glory to God.

Sometimes I think that people get so caught up in technicalities that they forget that it is praising God that is important.

He will be happy that we want to give him Glory - he delights in us!

[danpakoman]

I sang this all the time during my time as a singer in Jesuit High School's liturgical choir. These songs bring back so many memories through tradition. I absolutely love the uplifting melody as well as the lyrics. The grace of Jesus Christ is definitely shown whenever I have the pleasure of singing this song!! :)

[mukesh5]

This is one of my Favourite Hymn of Praise to God , The Last which I sang & heard was in Saint Kevin's Parish in Montreal Quebec Canada.

[kuya201]

i love this song!!!!

[bmorelondon]

I love playing the piano accompaniment to this! I'm not much of a believer, but this music seems to be stirring in the way that I assume faith should be.

[kuya201]

i love this song!!! my favorite part of the mass!

[AdmiralThrawn000]

boo to who?

[CaitlinBrooksMusic]

Oh my gosh! I sang this same song at Aquinas College numerous times, and came up with an alto part during the refrain!

It can be sung in any church, in my opinion. I'll talk to the choir director at the Pres church that I attend.

[MP99312]

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[irishrover48167]

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[alebeau4106]

VERY NICE! I have been looking all over for this!

Thanks so much,

--AL

[jaecht83]

where did this arrangement come from, or is this the studio composition from Haas?

[QuesterLEJ]

It's the studio version.

[baldonebear]

Wonderful arrangement!

[pobleterock]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

[eersfan22]

chiors and music in heaven is going to be ammmmmazing!!

[mateodorio]

This is my favorite song of the mass

[altargirl9]

I love it!!!! Very nice arrangement!!!!

[pobleterock]

Glora in excelsis Deo!!!!

[operazanotaijin]

I don't think this could not be liturgically correct. It's using the proper words, in the proper spirit. I think the only reason why people say it's not liturgically correct is because of the use of a band instead of an organ, or just a piano. I like it!

[ppjbonfig]

I love this kind of Glory to God!!!!! I sing this Gloria on Christmas Season at my church at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Sedona, Arizona.

[MTheChequeGuy]

One of the local parishes in Green Bay, WI use this Gloria for their youth Mass on Sunday evenings at 18:30. It really gets the youth involved.

[oshguy42]

@MTheChequeGuy We use at Lifeteen at St. Raphaels in Oshkosh, Wi part of Green Bay Dieocess

[dantheman5001]

This and all the other Novos Ordo editions of the Gloria will be retired with the coming New Translation of the Mass. The structure of the new Gloria is much closer to the Latin. My parish has already gone back to the Latin Gloria, as I think will many parishes--rather than having people learn the new English translation, which is very different. Let's rock on for as long as we can.

[texanhoustonguy]

Just because it's in Latin shouldn't stop a jazzed up version of the Gloria. Heck, it's supposed to be a time of praise and this particular arrangement captures that exhortation very well.

[JMurray1340]

I don't know about this being liturgically correct, but it sounds joyful and uplifting. Perhaps we are to focused on crossing our "Ts" and doting our "Is".

I agree this is in the spirit of Vatican II.

[dearnleyfan]

What is "the spirit of Vatican II"?

This is a bold distortion of what are supposed to be the unchanging, timeless prayers of the church's liturgy.

[FatherEdmund]

The liturgy is NOT unchanging - and anyone who claims it is shows no knowledge of church history.

Gregory the great made MASSIVE cuts to the liturgy. Then in the reign of Charlemagne there were major changes to the liturgy, with what had been very diverse rites becoming much more uniform.

[FatherEdmund]

Then in the 16th Century all churches massively changed their worship whether it was the churches of the reformation making 1 set of changes or the council of Trent making another.

Then in the 20th C. there was the liturgical movement and eg Vat 2

[FatherEdmund]

Then there is language

St Irenaus translated the liturgy into cletic to reach the tribes around him. St Methodius and St Cyril translated into Slavonic. And at many other times it has been retranslated into the contemporary vernacular.

[FatherEdmund]

Then there is instrumentation.

The organ would be completely alien to the overwhelming majority of Christians down history. It's use only became widespread in the 19th Century - very recent in historical terms.

Most churches before that had bands "chors" with fiddles and harpsicords and the like.

So liturgy has certainlychanged over the centuries.

[dearnleyfan]

Cuts to extraneous, unnecessary parts of the liturgy are one thing. Changing the words of the very prayers of the liturgy to fit a particular genre or attract a demographic is very unfortunate and leading to cookie cutter liturgies at the hands of priests who have no loyalty to the GIRM and other documents. I cannot wait until this pope cracks the whip and makes it so that the liturgy cannot be morphed and shaped to fit the conceptions of wayward priests and liturgists.

[FatherEdmund]

On your argument, you ought to become Greek Orthodox.

The "Filioque" ("and the son" as in "proceeds from the Father and the son")

was added to the creed of Nicea Constantinople by a Spannish Synod to deal with a local pastoral issue (the threat of Arianism).

It became popular and spread throughout western christendom until the Diocese of Rome adopted it too.

[FatherEdmund]

Eastern Orthodox have always rejected the Filioque "Changing the words of the very prayers of the liturgy to fit a particular genre or attract a demographic is very unfortunate"

Western Christians say it is OK to add the Filioque, because since we always believed the meaning of the Filioque, changing the words of the creed for local patoral reasons is fine.

[dearnleyfan]

This is the only example you can point to that isn't controversial with me; this was necessary to defend the very essence of our faith. Changing the words of the church's other prayers is hardly on par with the reasons for the Filioque change. I cannot believe you said this: "changing the words of the creed for local pastoral reasons is fine." That opens the door for so many problems. Isn't the creed supposed to be the expression of an unchanging, divinely-revealed faith?

[FatherEdmund]

Changing the Nicene Creed was EXTREMELY controversial, and I am not suggesting that it was necessarilly the right thing to do. It has been one of the biggest single factors in the split between eastern and western Christianity (apart from the attrocities of the 4th crusade).

But once we accept that something as profound as the creed itself can be altered by a local synod in Spain, it is very hard to justify that no changes should be made merely to the Gloria.

[FatherEdmund]

Changes to the Gloria cannot be considered in the same category as changes to the Creed - especially when we are talking about minor changes (adding a repeated chorus, and adding a few extra words that make no significant change to the meaning).

look at any mainstream translations of poetry from one language to another, and you'll see minor changes made by the translator to fit the poetry to the new language and culture. What you see in this Gloria is exactly the same.

[dearnleyfan]

Okay. Let's change the words and alter the meaning of the consecration, too.

[jeant82]

@JMurray1340 What would be non-liturgically correct about this?

[FatherEdmund]

Those of you who make weird comments about this not being liturgical are substuting you personal aesthetic preferences for any understanding of liturgy.

This is much better liturgy than say a choral Gloria because the congregation can JOIN in. And that is what liturgy is menat to be - The Work of the People!

[dantheman5001]

I agree. The Gloria belongs to all of us. This, Gloria--like so many written after Vatican II restricts the congregation to singing a refrain. The Gloria is a "hymn of praise" that was never meant to be sung with a refrain but rather in stanzas like other traditional hymns. Google "Rethinking the Responsal Gloria."

[dearnleyfan]

At what expense? Distorting the sacred liturgy? The Fathers of Vatican II would be appalled at this.

[socwoods]

I agree, this is terrible and not liturgical. BAD. what is with all the vibratto!

[vibal101]

we use this in our church! great! two thumbs up!

[tenorismo]

OH God , Andrew Loyd Weber. Its bad pop music . Nothing Liturgical about it.

[musicvideojunky]

This song is so much fun to play on piano. When I wake up to a beautiful sunny morning like today, I open all the windows and play this song. I can't think of a better way to start the day. :)

[Typhlosiondude]

would you be able to upload a video of it?

sorry I just love this song.

[Cynless22]

that's exactly what i do every morning...it has to be the Holy Spirit moving us to glorify the Father! Praise Him!

[Typhlosiondude]

Glory to God in the highest Sing! Glory to God Glory to God in the highest And peace to his people on Earth.

[basinandtowel]

Oh David Haas....

Too bad the Roman Church is changing all the words around.

[TyriJo]

When I was in college, the chapel choir I was a part of used to sing this at Mass every Sunday...it gets the message across, and does it in such a HAPPY, POWERFUL way that each time its sung, it gives me chills! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS HERE!!!!

*wanders off and adds this to her fave videos*

[MrSebring]

I agree TOTALLY!!! I sing with the Lit Choir at the college I work at and we sing this, Everytime we do it I get chills and my spirits are raised! Esp when we use the Zimblestern on the Organ! My fave mass part setting by far!

[ILOVEUMPS]

@TyriJo I was not in the choir, but it did the same to me at college mass, it was uplifting, and like you said, it gave chills.... it will always be my favorite version.

[beckyboston]

@TyriJo my college chapel choir used to sing this one too! And the church which I now attend also sings it throughout the Easter season.

[pianoman3635]

Last time singing this for a while will be this weekend...we're switching to Mass of a Joyful Heart (Steve Angrisano). I'm trying to get some ideas for the last performance!

[Morissa2008]

We used to sing this version of the Gloria a long time ago at my church, but now we got a new version that one of our musicians came up with that we now sing... while I love the particular musician's version of the song, I miss the old one as well. Looks like it's time for me to go back to collecting David Haas CDs again...

[DBD1787]

I love Glory to God's liek this that actually have life to them. Thanks for posting. I dislike when the Gloria is said in droning tones, or chanted in latin so no one knows what is going on.

[ScheiningEagle]

I love this song. Can you post the Gloria from the Mass of God's Promise by Dan Schutte as well? That's one of my other favorites.

[roundsm18]

I love this version... unfortunately my home parish does not agree with the use of this version at any point in the year.

[adamm2008]

The sound of this Gloria and bells at the same time gave me chills last night at Easter Vigil. It was so good to hear and sing the Gloria, as well as the Alleluia, again.

[ahairyturnip]

whew i've been searching for the Gloria to this tune for a long time. thanks for posting! :D

[QuesterLEJ]

I agree. It's always been my favorite setting for the Gloria. I'm kind of afraid to see what happens when the new translation of the liturgy takes effect; it will be truly sad to see the current translation be replaced by something that's (in my view) wordier and much less "natural-sounding."

[Dannymac82]

theysing this at my church on easter sunday, The best gloria

[mrknowitall526]

I'm glad I found this! My dad's church used to sing this a long time ago, and I haven't heard it in a while! I enjoyed it!

[jdragonlady]

Thanks a lot for posting this Gloria! I used to sing it in the US during Mass and miss it a lot now in Europe. God's blessing!