Gloria et honore

General information

The gradual for the Common of Martyrs outside Paschal Time and the offertory for the Common of Apostles outside Paschal Time. Also offertory for Transfiguration.
Source of text is Psalm 8:6b-7.

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Giorgi SATB
• Wilhelm Meyer Lutz SATB (adds variant 1)
• Franz Xaver Witt SATB.SATB

Text and translations

Latin text 6b  Gloria et honore coronasti eum: 7  et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum, Domine. Variant 1 Hic est sacerdos, quem coronavit Dominus.

English translation 6b  Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: 7  And hast set him over the works of thy hands. Variant 1 This is the priest whom the Lord hath crowned.