The Gloria is not said or sung and the Alleluia is not said during Lent.
During Lent, the Gloria and the Alleluia are not said or sung during the Mass. This is because Lent is meant to be a solemn time where we reflect on our sinfulness and how we can better ourselves. Both the Gloria and the Alleluia are joyful prayers. The Gloria is said on Holy Thursday, and then both the Gloria and the Alleluia are reinstated in the Mass on Easter Sunday.
The Gloria is sung (or said) at Sunday Masses outside of Advent and Lent, and on solemnities and feast days, and at special solemn celebrations. Thus the Gloria could only be sung (or said) at those times. A normal First Friday Mass is a feria, and thus not eligible for a Gloria.
I can find no reference to any saint named Gloria.
In the Roman Catholic Rite, the Gloria is sung after the Penitential Act and before the Liturgy of the Word (the reading of sacred Scripture).
Yes, the Gloria is either sung or recited during Ordinary Time. It is not used during either Advent or Lent, however.
The Gloria is said or sung at all Sunday Catholic Masses except during Advent and Lent.
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It is sung just before the gospel reading, except during Lent, when it is not sung.
The Gloria is a part of the Ordinary of the Mass. The Ordinary is comprised of the parts of the Mass that do not vary from day to day. The Proper contains the prayers, preface, and whatnot that varies with the season, feast, etc. The prayers that are always the same: Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, Eucharistic Prayer, Our Father, Peace -those are the Ordinary.
Gloria
A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches., A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used., The musical setting of a gloria.