Understanding Glory of God?

[Writer_for_God]

Hi everyone,

Today at Mass, my attention was drawn to the word “glory” during the Gloria. I kind of thought about it and realized I really don’t know what it means. Maybe on the surface, but recollecting all the things I have heard in relation to the word, I noticed it is a much bigger, much more profound idea than I usually give it any thought or credit to. And during the rest of the Mass, I tried to pay particular attention to how often the word Glory is spoken in Mass, and it is in almost every single prayer or formula of the Mass, sometimes repeated multiple times.

So I personally want to look more into this word, or idea, and try to understand it better. In particular I pray that everything I do, everything anyone does, is for the greater Glory of God. But if you have any thoughts or ideas, let me know. And please pray for this better understanding too.

God bless you all. Amen.

 

[pianistclare]

The recognition and praise of someone’s excellence. Applied to God, the divine (internal) glory is the infinite goodness that the persons of the Trinity constantly behold and mutually praise. His external glory is first of all the share that creatures have in God’s goodness. Sometimes called objective glory, it is given to God by all creatures without exception, by their mere existence, insofar as they mirror the divine perfections. Formal glory is rendered to God by his rational creatures, when they acknowledge the divine goodness and praise God for who he is and what he has communicated of himself to the world. (Etym. Latin gloria, renown, splendor, glorification.)

it’s also the song (hymn) of the angels.