lesser doxology

The topic lesser doxology is discussed in the following articles:

expression in Christian worship

  • TITLE: doxology (religion)
    2. The lesser doxology, or Gloria Patri, is used in most Christian traditions at the close of the psalmody:Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, andto the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, isnow, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

rosary recitation

  • TITLE: rosary (religion)
    ...It consists of the recitation of 15 decades of Hail Marys (150 Hail Marys), each one said while holding a small bead. On the larger beads separating the decades, different prayers are said (the Gloria Patri and the Our Father) and particular mysteries are meditated upon. The 15 mysteries are events from the life, death, and glorification of Jesus Christ and Mary; they are divided into three...