Rebuild My Church

Journey towards the Diocesan Assembly

1st Sunday in Advent Year C

Readings: Jer 33:14-16, Thess 3:12-4:2, Luke 21:25-28. 34-36

In the Second reading St Paul appeals to the Thessalonians to make more and more progress in the kind of life they are meant to live. This is what God also intends for you.

As we journey through life, we are faced with events that will need us to make decisions. We come to these decisions through a series of choices. Whether we want to believe it or not we alone have the power to make our own choices, which can lead to good or bad decisions.

When you have to make a choice, do you ask yourself: 

“Is this going to bring me closer to God or take me further away?”

We may not be able to plan holiness, but as members of the Church we must strive tirelessly for it and not settle for anything less. (Novo Millennio Ineunte 31)

Set yourself the challenge (make the choice) to take time out of the busyness of life and reflect honestly on where you are in your faith journey.

Remember you do not undertake this journey alone. Could there be better ways to encourage and support each other as part of a larger family?


As we move towards our Diocesan Assembly we can reflect on our individual call to holiness and how we play a part of a larger family. We have responsibilities to each other in encouraging and supporting each other in prayer and in practical ways. This journey is not something we undertake alone.