{"id":327567,"date":"2026-06-08T14:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327567\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:13:08","slug":"faith-is-more-than-just-pursuing-do-goodery-says-bishop-on-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327567\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith is more than just &#8216;pursuing do-goodery&#8217;, says bishop on Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3EMGP1G-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-05 ff_gibson img_caption\">7 Jun 2026. Corpus Christi, London Eucharistic Procession through Central London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"border-bottom ff_gibson photo_credit\">Matthew Chattle\/Alamy Live News<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Being able to spend time before the Blessed Sacrament \u2013 some people say wasting time with Almighty God before the Blessed Sacrament \u2013 is so important to feed our souls and give us that sense of where we\u2019re going and what we\u2019re supposed to be doing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament ensures that faith is more than just \u201cpursuing do-goodery\u201d, said Bishop of the Forces Paul Mason, who celebrated Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi at the\u00a0Church of Corpus Christi, in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Blessed Sacrament is something of a North Star,\u201d said Bishop Mason. \u201cIt gives us light, it gives us direction, it gives purpose, and without that, we can end up a bit lost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSimply being able to spend time before the Blessed Sacrament ensures that we don\u2019t spin off on a frolic of our own pursuing do-goodery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the work of God that we\u2019re called to be engaged in. If we don\u2019t spend time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, it would be so easy to simply end up in a type of activism which doesn\u2019t go anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bishop Mason said that the work of saints such as Mother Theresa was always anchored in prayer: \u201cWe all know the great good that she did, the hard work with the poor of Calcutta, it didn\u2019t just come from her own promptings, her own initiative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe would spend hours before the Blessed Sacrament. From there she got her confidence, she got her direction, she got her inspiration to know what God was calling her to do. We need to be sure that, in the work that we do, that we\u2019re following God\u2019s promptings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corpus Christi procession departed from Maiden Lane and processed to the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory in Warwick Street, where there was a period of Adoration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The procession then continued to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family, where Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski, the Ukrainian Eparch, joined, and concluded with Benediction at St James\u2019s, Spanish Place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for Catholics to come out, show their faith, and show the importance and centrality of the Blessed Sacrament in the life of the Church,\u201d said Bishop Mason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gps-label\">Stay updated \u2014 add us as a preferred news source on Google:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thetablet.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-label=\"Add The Tablet as a preferred source on Google\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Preferred_source_publisher_butto.width-1000.format-webp.webp\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"180\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"7 Jun 2026. 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