Editing Gloria in excelsis Deo (section)

===Roman Rite===
In the [[Tridentine Mass]], the priest is instructed, when saying the opening phrase "Gloria in excelsis Deo", to extend his hands and raise them to shoulder height and, at the word "Deo", to join them and bow his head. He is then to continue the recitation standing erect with hands joined and bowing his head to the cross at the words "Adoramus te", "Gratias agimus tibi", "Iesu Christe" (twice), and "Suscipe deprecationem nostram", and at the concluding phrase (as also at the concluding phrase of the [[Nicene Creed]] and the [[Sanctus]]), to make a large [[sign of the cross]] on himself.<ref>Ritus servandus in celebratione Missae, IV, 3 (page LVI of the [http://www.musicasacra.com/pdf/missale62.pdf 1962 typical edition])</ref> At [[Solemn Mass|High Mass]] the priest intones the opening phrase, while the deacon and subdeacon stand behind him; then they join him at the altar and together with him quietly recite the rest of the hymn,<ref>Ritus servandus in celebratione Missae, IV, 7 (page LVI of the [http://www.musicasacra.com/pdf/missale62.pdf 1962 typical edition])</ref> after which they sit down and wait for the choir to finish its singing of the same text.

The [[Roman Missal]] as revised in 1970 simplifies this, saying: "The Gloria is intoned by the priest or, if appropriate, by a cantor or by the choir; but it is sung either by everyone together, or by the people alternately with the choir, or by the choir alone. If not sung, it is to be recited either by all together or by two parts of the congregation responding one to the other."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acbc.catholic.org.au/documents/200707031933.pdf |title=General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 53 |publisher=Acbc.catholic.org.au |access-date=2012-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720091216/http://www.acbc.catholic.org.au/documents/200707031933.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2008 }}</ref> No particular ritual gestures are prescribed.