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Hi Robin! Thanks for your question. When singing a musical phrase, try taking a deep breath and fill your lungs from the bottom to the top (from your diaphragm). For example, try concentrating on filling your lungs by expanding your lower belly, and then keep filling your lungs and concentrate on expanding your lungs within the rib cage. Try practicing this by laying down on the floor and placing a large book on your lower belly (slightly below your belly button). Feel the book rise and fall as you breath, and that will help train your body to recognize the feeling of breathing from your diaphragm.
As you are singing “gloria”, imagine the air coming of the top of your head like a dolphin instead of out of your mouth. That helps you not to over sing and use less air. Place your hand over your mouth and sing “gloria” like you normally would. You will probably feel lots of hot air against your hand. Now try it again but this time think about the air coming out of the top of your head instead of your mouth. You’ll feel less hot air hitting your hand as you sing. People have a tendency to imagine their air coming straight out of their mouths while singing and use too much air. That cuts their phrases short. It also might help imagining a candle in front of you as you sing. The goal is to imagine the flame barely flickering in front of your lips while you sing. I wish I could make video for you because this would make more sense, but I hope that this helped. Let me know if you need anything else.