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
December 7 - Prayer to St. Ambrose
O good bishop and wise doctor of the Church – pray for us, that the water that is Christ might pour upon our souls, especially His chosen apostles, your fellow bishops, and fill all with wisdom from …
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Fri 06 Dec 2024
December 7 - Saturday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.30:19-21,23-26; Ps.147:1-6,Is.30:18; Mt.9:35-10:1,6-8) “On the day the Lord binds up the wounds of His people, He will heal the bruises left by His blows.” “Cure the sick, raise the dea…
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Fri 06 Dec 2024
December 6 - Prayer to St. Nicholas
O bishop of Myra, shepherd of the Lord’s sheep who has with a generous heart cared so well for His little ones… all became as your children, for you loved your flock with the love of Christ Himself; …
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Thu 05 Dec 2024
December 6 - Friday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.29:17-24; Ps.27:1,4,13-14; Mt.9:27-31) “The eyes of the blind shall see.” O “that I may gaze on the loveliness of the Lord and contemplate His temple.” That out of “gloom and darkness”…
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Thu 05 Dec 2024
December 5 - Thursday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.26:1-6; Ps.118:1,8-9,19-21,25-27; Mt.7:21,24-27) “Trust in the Lord forever! For the Lord is an eternal rock.” Sand or rock? Upon which do we build our house? If we “take refuge in th…
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Wed 04 Dec 2024
December 4 - Prayer to St. John of Damascus
O blessed teacher of the faith – may the nourishing waters of our Mother, of the true teaching of our Church, flow upon all souls, calling them to the Lord from whom they emanate; like the waters tri…
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Tue 03 Dec 2024
December 4 - Wednesday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.25:6-10; Ps.23:1-6; Mt.15:29-37) “The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain.” And He will heal us. And He will lead us. And He will feed us. Jesus went up onto a mountainside a…
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Tue 03 Dec 2024
December 3 - Prayer to St. Francis Xavier
O holy apostle of the Lord, model of faith in God and love of the Church, has there been a soul to match your zeal for the salvation of the world? Convict us of our laziness, of our sloth, of our dis…
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Mon 02 Dec 2024
December 3 - Tuesday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.11:1-10; Ps.72:1,7-8,12-13,17; Lk.10:21-24) “The earth shall be filled with knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea.” And so, “there shall be no harm or ruin on all my holy mountain,…
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Mon 02 Dec 2024
December 2 - Monday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.2:1-5 or Is.4:2-6; Ps.122:1-9; Mt.8:5-11 I shall treat of both first readings) “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!” For it shall come. “The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be establis…
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Sun 01 Dec 2024
December 1 - Sunday of the 1st Week of Advent, Year C
(Jer.33:14-16; Ps.25:4-5,8-10,14; 1Thes.3:12-4:2; Lk.21:25-28,34-36) “You are God my savior, and for you I wait all the day.” So does David sing of the “just shoot” that will be raised up aft…
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Sat 30 Nov 2024
November 30 - Prayer to St. Andrew
O brother of the Rock of our Church, you who brought him to our Lord, you who were crucified on the Cross of our Savior, who shed your blood freely for His cause… you who thirsted for His coming and …
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Fri 29 Nov 2024
November 30 - St. Andrew
(Rm.10:9-18; Ps.19:2-5; Mt.4:18-22) “How beautiful are the feet of those who announce good news!” Alleluia! We must have “faith in the heart” and “confess with [our] lips that Jesus is Lor…
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Fri 29 Nov 2024
November 29 - Friday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.20:1-4,11-21:2; Ps.84:3-6,8,Rv.21:3; Lk.21:29-33) “The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass.” Indeed John tells us of his vision that once “the former heaven…
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Thu 28 Nov 2024
November 28 - Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.18:1-2,21-23,19:1-3,9; Ps.100:2-5; Lk.21:20-28) “These indeed will be days of retribution, when all that is written must be fulfilled.” The destruction of the world and the coming of th…
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Wed 27 Nov 2024
November 27 - Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.15:1-4; Ps.98:1-3,7-9,Rv.15:13; Lk.21:12-19) “By patient endurance you will save your lives.” Jesus tells His disciples bluntly: “People will manhandle and persecute you.” Some will be…
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Tue 26 Nov 2024
November 26 - Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.14:14-19; Ps.96:10-13; Lk.21:5-11) “Use your sickle and cut down the harvest, for now is the time to reap.” Brothers and sisters, you will “hear of wars and insurrections,” and “there w…
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Mon 25 Nov 2024
November 25 - Prayer to St. Catherine of Alexandria
O virgin pure and brilliant, you gave your life in defense of the faith, refuting all arguments to its contrary; though you were but a child yourself, you stood strong before your tormentors, endurin…
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Sun 24 Nov 2024
November 25 - Monday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.14:1-5; Ps.24:1-6; Lk.21:1-4) “They are pure and follow the Lamb wherever He goes.” Here is answered most definitively the question David sings: “Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? O…
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Sun 24 Nov 2024
November 24 - Prayer to Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions
O you who were martyred over three centuries of persecution in a country so bitter toward the faith, bishops and priests and laymen alike, native to the land and foreign-born, all innocent souls who …
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Sat 23 Nov 2024
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