Cebu Metropolitan Museum - Part 2 Antique Materials for the Mass

Looking at these materials I cannot help but wonder how beautiful, how solemn and how dignified the Mass of those times were. Nowadays, we are used to see our priests dressed in rubber shoes, jeans with only a chasuble and a piece of stole on his shoulders celebrating the Mass with the people.

Is that the concept of Reform of the Liturgy that our contemporary theologians are talking about? It has become a mere caricature of the Liturgy of our Forefathers. It is no wonder that many young people are being attracted by the Tridentine Mass after experiencing it. Because they have seen for themselves the solemnity and the sense of the sacred present therein.

These materials were bought by a great price by our forefathers not to be museum pieces but to be used practically for the Glory of God. Having these materials prepared by our forefathers the Cathedral of Cebu can use the best of the best materials for the glory of God and for the upliftment of the people. Just like those in the Vatican. The Holy Father is using the same magnificent chalice for Easter and Christmas Masses. This is not extravagance but actually using to the full the gifts handed by God through our ancestors.