"I have seen You in the sanctuary
and beheld Your power and your glory.
Because Your love is greater than life,
my lips will glorify You."
(Psalm 63:2-3)

When the Sacred Liturgy was renewed as a result of the Second Vatican Council, all churches were required to use an altar that allowed the priest to face the people. At the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, a new altar was constructed and placed in the center of the sanctuary.