The BreadCast
Spirit-filled daily reflections on the Mass Readings of the Roman Catholic Church from the book Our Daily Bread by James Kurt (with imprimatur). The daily podcasts are voice only, while the podcasts for Sundays and Solemnities are produced with music and other elements. Another podcast recently added: Prayers to the Saints - a prayer to each saint on the calendar for the US. Also with imprimatur.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 951
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2025
September 8 - Prayer on the Birth of Mary
O Virgin who bore the Son of God, who became the divine dwelling place for the Creator of us all, should we not celebrate your birth this day, the blessing of the generation of you who signal our sal…
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Sun 07 Sep 2025
September 8 - Birth of Mary
(Mic.5:1-4 or Rm.8:28-30; Ps.13:6,Is.61:9; Mt.1:1-16,18-23 Note: I shall treat of both first readings) “It is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived this child.” “God is with us,” br…
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Sun 07 Sep 2025
September 7 - Sunday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year C
(Wis.9:13-18b; Ps.90:1,3-6,12-14,17; Phlm.1:9-10,12-17; Lk.14:25-33) “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.” The wisdom of the cross, that blessed nece…
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Sat 06 Sep 2025
September 6 - Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Col.1:21-23; Ps.54:3-4,6,8; Lk.6:1-5) “Hold fast to faith, be firmly grounded and steadfast in it.” “The Son of Man is Lord,” Lord of the universe, Lord “even of the sabbath.” He is the…
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Fri 05 Sep 2025
September 5 - Prayer to St. Teresa of Calcutta
O lover of the poor and of the unborn, in whom you saw the face of Christ, by whom you held Him close to your heart and so comforted His th…
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Thu 04 Sep 2025
September 5 - Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Col.1:15-20; Ps.100:1-5; Lk.5:33-39) “New wine should be poured into fresh skins.” “The blood of His cross” is poured forth for us; it becomes the new wine we drink this day, that which …
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Thu 04 Sep 2025
September 4 - Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Col.1:9-14; Ps.98:2-6; Lk.5:1-11) “You will multiply good works of every sort and grow in the knowledge of God.” As Simon Peter and the others “caught such a great number of fish that t…
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Wed 03 Sep 2025
September 3 - Prayer to St. Gregory the Great
O great Shepherd, watchman of the House of God and protector of His flock, though in the monastery you would have stayed, when called to the Chair of Peter you guided the Church well through difficul…
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Tue 02 Sep 2025
September 3 - Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Col.1:1-8; Ps.52:10-11; Lk.4:38-44) “And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.” The Word goes forth, bringing healing to the hearts of the faithful. The Word goes forth, ev…
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Tue 02 Sep 2025
September 2 - Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Thes.5:1-6,9-11; Ps.27:1,4,13-14; Lk.4:31-37) “Wait for the Lord with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord.” The Word of the Lord has all “authority and power.” The Word of…
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Mon 01 Sep 2025
September 1 - Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Thes.4:13-18; Ps.96:1,3-5,11-13; Lk.4:16-30) “He comes to rule the earth.” He is coming, and has come. He set us free from the prison of sin when first He came, and will set us free fro…
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Sun 31 Aug 2025
August 31 - Sunday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year C
(Sir.3:17-18,20,28-29; Ps.68:4-7,10-11; Heb.12:18-19,22-24a; Lk.14:1,7-14) “Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God.” Is this not the message of Jesus’…
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Sat 30 Aug 2025
August 30 - Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Thes.4:9-12; Ps.98:1,7-9; Mt.25:14-30) “Those who have, will get more until they grow rich, while those who have not, will lose even the little they have.” Again, brothers and sisters,…
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Fri 29 Aug 2025
August 29 - Prayer on the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
O witness to the Truth, to the Light that has come among us, you gave your very life and death for the sake of Christ, who redeemed us in His blood, blood you shed with your Savior; you who we…
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Thu 28 Aug 2025
August 29 - Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Thes.4:1-8; Ps.97:1-2,5-6,10-12; Mt.25:1-13) “God has not called us to immorality but to holiness.” And so, “keep your eyes open” and “make still greater progress” in the path that lead…
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Thu 28 Aug 2025
August 28 - Prayer to St. Augustine
O shepherd made anew by Him who is within, Him who made us all, the Light above and beyond every soul who gave His life, His flesh as food that we might live – pray that the Lord and God of all will …
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Wed 27 Aug 2025
August 28 - Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Thes.3:7-13; Ps.90:3-4,12-14,17; Mt.24:42-51) “Stay awake, therefore! You cannot know the day your Lord is coming.” And what is it to stay awake, to be ready, but to do as Paul exhorts…
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Wed 27 Aug 2025
August 27 - Prayer to St. Monica
O tearful mother whose persistent cries for the soul of your son were heard in time by the Lord our God and so led to his conversion, to his becoming not only a Catholic Christian but a bishop and do…
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Tue 26 Aug 2025
August 27 - Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
1Thes.2:9-13; Ps.139:1,7-12; Mt.23:27-32) “Make your lives worthy of the God who calls you to His kingship and glory.” God is our Father, and those who preach “God’s good tidings” love u…
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Tue 26 Aug 2025
August 26 - Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Thes.2:1-8; Ps.139:1-6; Mt.23:23-26) “First cleanse the inside of the cup so that its outside may be clean.” The Lord rails against the Pharisees again today, calling them from false p…
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Mon 25 Aug 2025
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