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
January 12 - Friday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.8:4-7,10-22; Ps.89:2,16-19; Mk.2:1-12) “We have never seen anything like this!” What the Lord can do, no one else is able to do – no king, no prophet, no priest. Though all may do in His …
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Thu 11 Jan 2024
January 11 - Thursday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.4:1-11; Ps.44:10-11,14-15,24-25,27; Mk.1:40-45) “Our souls are bowed down to the dust; our bodies are pressed to the earth.” The Israelites suffer “a disastrous defeat” at the hands of th…
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Wed 10 Jan 2024
January 10 - Wednesday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.3:1-10,19-20; Ps.40:2-5,7-10; Mk.1:29-39) “To do your will, O Lord, is my delight.” O how Samuel shows the “ears open to obedience” we all must have. For when called, even from sleep, he…
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Tue 09 Jan 2024
January 9 - Tuesday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.1:9-20; 1Sm.2:1,4-8; Mk.1:21-28) “May the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of Him.” For He holds all authority. “He gives orders to unclean spirits and they obey.” “The Lord p…
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Mon 08 Jan 2024
January 8 - Baptism of the Lord, Year B
(Is.55:1-11; Is.12:1-6; 1Jn.5:1-9; Mk.1:7-11) “A voice came from the heavens, ‘You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.’” Brothers and sisters, God “has testified on behalf of Hi…
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Sun 07 Jan 2024
January 6 - before Epiphany
(1Jn.5:5-13; Ps.147:12-15,19-20; Mk.1:7-11) “God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.” How reassuring John is to us who believe – “I have written this to you to make you realize …
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Fri 05 Jan 2024
January 5 - before Epiphany
(1Jn.3:11-21; Ps.100:1-5; Jn.1:43-51) “We should love one another.” In our gospel, “first [Jesus] came upon Philip” – whose name means “love” – and invited him to follow Him. Love brought with…
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Thu 04 Jan 2024
December 31 - Holy Family, Year B
(Gn.15:1-6,21:1-3; Ps.105:1-9; Heb.11:8,11-12,17-19; Lk.2:22-40) “The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon Him.” What child is this of whom Simeon …
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Sat 30 Dec 2023
December 29 - Fifth Day of the Octave of Christmas
(1Jn.2:3-11; Ps.96:1-3,5-6,11; Lk.2:22-35) “The way we can be sure we are in union with Him is if one who claims to abide in Him conducts himself just as He did.” “The darkness is over and t…
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Thu 28 Dec 2023
December 24 - Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B
(2Sm.7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16; Ps.89:2-5,27,29; Rom.16:25-27; Lk.1:26-28) “The Lord God will give Him the throne of David His father.” “I have made a covenant with David my chosen one, I have swor…
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Sat 23 Dec 2023
December 22 - Second Part of Advent
(1Sm.1:24-28; 1Sm.2:1,4-8; Lk.1:46-56) “His mercy is from age to age on those who fear Him.” The Magnificat of Mary mirrors but, if I may say, far surpasses the Canticle of Hannah in beauty…
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Thu 21 Dec 2023
December 17 - Sunday of the 3rd Week of Advent, Year B
(Is.61:1-2,10-11; Lk.1:46-50,53-54; 1Thes.5:16-24; Jn.1:6-8,19-28) “A man named John was sent from God.” Here is the one of whom the prophet speaks, and who can rightly proclaim the wor…
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Sat 16 Dec 2023
December 14 - Thursday of the 2nd Week of Advent
(Is.41:13-20; Ps.145:1,8-13; Mt.11:11-15) “I will make you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and double-edged.” A “worm” and a “maggot” are we. We are “the afflicted and the needy [who] seek…
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Wed 13 Dec 2023
December 11 - Monday of the 2nd Week of Advent
(Is.35:1-10; Ps.85:9-14,Is.35:4; Lk.5:17-26) “A highway will be there, called the holy way.” Jesus is the highway; holy is He! He is the stream that “will burst forth in the desert.” It i…
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Sun 10 Dec 2023
December 10 - Sunday of the 2nd Week of Advent, Year B
(Is.40:1-5,9-11; Ps.85:9-14; 2Pt.3:8-14; Mk.1:1-8) “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way.” And so, “John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming …
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Sat 09 Dec 2023
December 3 - Sunday of the 1st Week of Advent, Year B
(Is.63:16b-17,19b,64:2-7; Ps.80:2-4,15-16,18-19; 1Cor.1:3-9; Mk.13:33-37) “Would that you might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of you in our ways!” “O Lord of hosts, look down fr…
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Sat 02 Dec 2023
November 29 - Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28; Dn.3:59,62-67; Lk.21:12-19) “You will be brought to give witness.” “Daniel was brought into the presence of the king.” And what did this wisest of men have to say …
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Tue 28 Nov 2023
November 28 - Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.2:31-45; Dn.3:57-61; Lk.21:5-11) “The iron, tile, bronze, silver, and gold all crumbled at once, fine as the chaff on the threshing floor in summer, and the wind blew them away without lea…
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Mon 27 Nov 2023
November 27 - Monday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.1:1-6,8-20; Dn.3:52-56; Lk.21:1-4) “To these four young men God gave knowledge and proficiency in all literature and science, and to Daniel the understanding of all visions and dreams.” G…
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Sun 26 Nov 2023
November 26 - Christ the King Sunday, Year A
(Ez.34:11-12,15-17; Ps.23:1-6; 1Cor.15:20-26,28; Mt.25:31-46) “Whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.” Jesus is King. It is He to whom the Father has “subje…
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Sat 25 Nov 2023
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