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  1. SCRIPTURE.—In the English version of the Bible the word Glory, one of the commonest in the Scripture, is used to translate several Hebrew terms in the Old Testament, and the Greek doksa in the New Testament. Sometimes the Catholic versions employ brightness, where others use glory. When this occurs, the original signifies, as it frequently ...

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      world without end. Amen. The “Glory Be” is far and away the...

  2. GLORY. 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 ...

  3. In his Modern Catholic Dictionary, Fr. John Hardon, S.J., provides a good summary of the different meanings of “glory”: 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.

  4. Sometimes the Catholic versions employ brightness, where others use glory. When this occurs, the original signifies, as it frequently does elsewhere, a physical, visible phenomenon. This meaning is found for instance in Exodus 24:16: "And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai"; in Luke 2:9, and in the account of the Transfiguration on Mount ...

  5. world without end. Amen. The “Glory Be” is far and away the most common Christian prayer after the Our Father and the Hail Mary. This prayer is called a doxology, from the Greek word meaning an expression of glory or praise. Christians usually use it as a way of summing up all their feelings and intentions at the end of some longer prayer.

  6. May 17, 2021 · Give me the grace I need, dear Lord, to accomplish all to which the Father calls me to do. May my life fully imitate You in every way so that I may also share, one day, in Your glory. Jesus, I trust in You. Catholic Daily Reflections. Ordinary Time: May 24–August 31.

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  8. Feb 10, 2019 · It can be helpful, then, to consider what we mean by the term “glory,” since this can assist us in better understanding what our scriptural readings and liturgical prayers reveal to us about God.

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