About the piece
The most-sung doxology in English: a brief praise of the Trinity sung as a single verse. The edition carries the melody with its text, in 16 measures.
How to prepare it
The melody is simple and of a comfortable range, D4–D5 (an octave), and most of the assembly already knows it. Its difficulty is one of style: the long notes must sound firm, without accents, and the end of each phrase must be sustained. It makes a very good unison tuning exercise, and it is useful to rehearse it at the start of a session to bring the voices together.
When to use it
It is traditionally sung at the offertory, as the gifts are presented, during Ordinary Time.