Lake County Ohio Weal

  FLOURISHING APOSTOLIC CHURCH MODEL CLC members who want to discuss the bishop’s pastoral letter, A Flourishing Apostolic Church, may want to have it as one dimension of their activities.     “It’s simply a letter about how we can draw closer to Christ, and there is no controversy in that,” Bishop Malesic said. “Let’s just pray 15 minutes a day; join a small group; invite your Catholic neighbors and friends together to have a cup of coffee and talk about ‘Why are you Catholic?’; ‘How can you become a disciple of Jesus?’ I think these are the basic things.” Elements of the Model   1. At least fifteen minutes of quality personal prayer each day. That could be Morning Prayer or Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, meditation on the life of Christ, bible study, study of the bishop's letter, etc. depending upon each person's preferences. 2. Joining or forming a spiritual support group. The CLC group could be one that already has been form...