Radio Family Rosary, Inc. U.S. Postage Paid P.O. Box 17484 Phoenix, AZ Phoenix, AZ 85011 Permit No. 3229 NON PROFIT ORG Return Service Requested Have a Blessed Christmas December Issue 2018 FREE Please take one home. Hope to see you at the Christmas Coffee-Boutique St. Bernadette Parish • Saturday, December 1 NOW Twice a Day 6:00 A.M. and 9:30 P.M. AM Monday through Friday on 1310 RADIO Listen onlineNow anytime also at: www.radiofamilyrosary.comon 102.9 FM Listen onlineNOW anytime LS at: www.radiofamilyrosary.com N 102.9 FM Radio Family Rosary Program Schedule Immaculate Conception Novena KIHP Relevant Radio 1310 AM & NOW 102.9 FM December 9 thru 17 6:00-6:30 am AND 9:30-10:00 pm Mon. thru Fri. O Immaculate Virgin Mary, preserved from the Listen anytime on www.radiofamilyrosary.com slightest stain of sin, and enriched with all the treasures of divine grace, I thank you for the many DECEMBER 2018 blessings I have received through your most 3 Mon Feast of St. Francis Xavier - Fr. James Kubicki, SJ powerful intercession. You know my needs, my 4 Tues To Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Diocese trials, my sufferings. Mother of Mercy, I beseech Sr. Anthony Mary Diago, RSM you to hear my prayer, and to obtain for me from 5 Wed Continued your Divine Son the favors I seek in this Novena. 6 Thur Immaculate Conception – Fr. Michael Malain, FSSP 7 Fri Continued. (Here make your requests.) 10 Mon Our Lady of Guadalupe – Fr. John Nahrgang O Mother most pure, guide me in dangers, 11 Tues Continued enlighten me in doubts, strengthen me in 12 Wed Continued temptation, and help me to bear the crosses of life in union with your Son, so that one day, with 13 Thur St. Lucy – Sr. Anthony Mary Diago, RSM you, I might share His glory. Amen. 14 Fri St. John of the Cross – Fr. James Kubicki, SJ 17 Mon Our Lady of Guadalupe – Fr. John Nahrgang The Memorare 18 Tues Continued Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that 19 Wed St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral – 50 years never was it known that anyone who fled to your 20 Thur Blessings of Christmas protection, implored your help, or sought your 21 Fri Bring Hope of Christ to a World in Need – Joyce Coronel intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this 24 Mon Continued confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my 25 Tues Christmas Mother. To you I come, before you I stand, sinful 26 Wed Feast of St. Stephen – Bart Tesoriero and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, 27 Thur Divine Mercy Pilgrimage – Janet LaPlante despise not my petitions, but in your mercy hear 28 Fri Feast of the Holy Innocents – Janet LaPlante and answer me. Amen. 31 Mon Theotokos in Eastern Catholic tradition - Fr. Arthur Rojas Add Rosary to your Novena prayers Programming Subject to Change NEWSLETTER December 2018 | Vol. 34, No. 12 P. O. Box 17484, Phoenix, AZ 85011 www. radiofamilyrosary.com Special December Dates December Has Two Great Marian Feasts 1 First Saturday The Feast of The Immaculate Conception, 2 First Sunday in Advent December 8, begins a year of commemorating 7 First Friday the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Phoenix. The opening event will be 8 Sat. Feast of Immaculate “Honor Your Mother” celebration at the Conception “Honor Your Mother” Diocese of Phoenix. Celebration, Diocesan Center. See details on Page 3. 50th Year commemorating The Immaculate Conception is the Patroness the establishment of Phoenix of the USA. In 1846, the U.S. bishops chose Diocese. Mary under this title as patroness. 12 Wed. Feast of Our Lady of Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Empress of the Americas, that is, North, Guadalupe. Celebrations Central and South Americas. She encouraged complete trust in her, as she throughout Diocese. tenderly asked St. Juan Diego, “Am I not your Mother?” 17 Mon. - 82nd Birthday of Pope Francis Fr. John Nahrgang, newly ordained, will present on RFR a five-part series on Our Lady of Guadalupe. See schedule. 25 Tues. - Christmas Day December Guest Speakers Rosary Pearl of the Month: The Rosary and Peace Fr. James Kubicki, SJ December is a month devoted to the “heart” of the Joyful Mysteries, the Third Fr. Michael Malain, FSSP Joyful Mystery, the Nativity of Christ. During Advent, the faithful wait for the Fr. John Nahrgang coming of Christ, when we can sing with the heavenly host, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests!” (Luke 2:14) Fr. Arthur Royas Sr. Anthony Mary Diago, RSM We live in a world starving for peace but struggling to find it. At Joyce Coronel Christmas we, like the shepherds and wisemen, come to worship the Prince of Peace, the little Christ Child. Christmas Postage Saint John Paul II tells us: “Forever” “The Rosary is by its nature a prayer for peace, since it consists in the The Post Office offers contemplation of Christ, the Prince of Peace, the one who is ‘our peace’ three “Forever” religious (Eph 2:14). Anyone who assimilates the mystery of Christ – and this is clearly Christmas stamps. Many the goal of the Rosary – learns the secret of peace and makes it his life’s people use religious project...with the tranquil succession of Hail Marys, the Rosary has a peaceful stamps year around. effect on those who pray it, disposing them to receive and experience in their Please note: RFR gladly innermost depths, and to spread around them, that true peace which is the receives donations of stamps of any special gift of the Risen Lord.” denomination for mailings. From all of us at Radio Family Rosary, we wish you and your family the Joy of Christmas and the Peace that comes from Christ. Sponsor a Rosary Program If you would like to have a Rosary Program dedicated in memory of a An Advent Practice That May Become a Daily Habit departed loved one or for another Start each day with 15 minutes of “Lord’s Time.” Many who do this intention, please call Dorothy at say it makes a great and fruitful day. It may be in formal prayer or informal 602-944-6811. conversation. Bishop Eduardo Nevares suggested, “Even 10 minutes.” page 2 radio family rosary newsletter | december 2018 Welcome to New Readers Help keep mailing list current. If you are moving in or out of town or want to discontinue the Bontique, Silent Auction, Book Sale Extraganza, Fellowship and Food Newsletter, write us or call at Michael Poirier will be our special guest at the Christmas Coffee and will 480- 213-2387. Return postage is costly. If you share with us his new venture on the Rosary and how the Lord is calling him prefer Newsletter by email, email to Eucharistic Adoration. radiofamilyrosaryphx@ gmail.com Time table: 8:30 a.m. Mass in Church Thank you for your help. 8 a.m. ending at 2 p.m – Boutique Great items are available. Don’t miss this opportunity to shop and support Radio Family Rosary. Special Offering St. Bernadette Parish – 16245 N. 60th St., Scottsdale (South of Bell) Mailliard Hall “12 Days of Christmas” Plate Collection. Christmas Appeal for Our Lady’s Rosary 12 Haviland Plates Please send your Christmas Donation to Radio Family Rosary An exquisite gift that will Inc., P.O. Box 17484, Phoenix, AZ, 85011. Your offering is most be treasured for generations. appreciated and helps RFR to continue beyond its 34 years. Please give prayerful thought to this appeal. See the enclosed Infant of Prague Prayer Card. This powerful Novena begins Dec. 17, the birthday of Pope Francis. Let us make special mention of him in our Novena. The Novena can be prayed at any time. Dear Infant Jesus of Prague, bless us abundantly. Jesus, lead us this Advent to seek out moments of Marian silence, “pondering in our hearts,” and encountering the joy of being with You. The Archangel Michael, Our Powerful, Timely Intercessor Some older Catholics recall that the prayer to St, Michael the Archangel was Call for Dorothy 602-944-6811 regularly offered after most Masses. This practice had been requested in 1886 by for more info. Pope Leo XIII, who composed the prayer, and it continued until about 1964. The need for St. Michael to “defend us in battle” is very evident today for our Church and for our world. The bishops of many dioceses have requested that St. Michael the Archangel prayer again be said after every Mass. At several churches in A Year of the Diocese of Phoenix the prayer is being recited at the request of the pastor or at Blessings the initiative of parishioners. Since 2011 in the Diocese of Springfield, IL, the St. Michael Prayer has been prayed 2018 was filled after Masses. Bishop Thomas Paprocki has urged his flock to pray it privately as with many blessings: well as publicly, The Catholic Register, October 28, 2018, reports. + Successful events + Faithful volunteers Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel + New volunteers For the Protection of Our Country and Our Church + Wonderful speakers St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke + Twice-daily Rosaries him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the other evil + Internet listening any time, spirits who prowl about the world, seeking the ruin of souls. 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