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
August 6 - The Transfiguration
(Dn.7:9-10,13-14; Ps.97:1-2,5-6,9; 2Pt.1:16-19; Mt.17:1-9 – Mk.9:2-10 – Lk.9:28b-36 Note: since the three gospel accounts vary only in detail, they are treated as one in this one exposition fo…
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Tue 05 Aug 2025
August 5 - Tuesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I C
(Nm.12:1-13; Ps.51:3-7,12-13; Mt.14:22-36) “The presence of the Lord he beholds.” Throughout the history of salvation, the Lord chooses one man to lead His people. In the Old Testament times, th…
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Mon 04 Aug 2025
August 4 - Prayer to St. John Mary Vianney
O priest exemplar, O preacher and confessor extraordinaire, healer of souls who by prayer and penance was made holy unto God and brought others to that same holiness before the Lord and Maker of all …
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Sun 03 Aug 2025
August 4 - Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I B & C
(Nm.11:4-15; Ps.81:2,12-17; Mt.14:13-21) “Israel I would feed with the best of wheat.” But the best of wheat they despise, and seek to satiate their appetite with meat. The blessed food from h…
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Sun 03 Aug 2025
August 3 - Sunday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year C
(Ec.1:2,2:21-23; Ps.90:3-6,12-14,17,95:7-8; Col.3:1-5,9-11; Lk.12:13-21) “If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.” Yes, “all thin…
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Sat 02 Aug 2025
August 2 - Prayer to St. Peter Julian Eymard
O priest of the Blessed Sacrament, you gave your life in sacrifice at the altar of the Lord and in all the trials of this earth; you suffered all for Jesus and desired only to bring souls, all the ch…
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Fri 01 Aug 2025
August 2 - Prayer to St. Eusebius of Vercelli
O vigorous defender of the divinity of Christ, you who suffered exile for your work for the faith, you who had a true shepherd’s heart and cared so deeply for the priests and people the Lord placed i…
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Fri 01 Aug 2025
August 2 - Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Lv.25:1,8-17; Ps.67:2-5,7-8; Mt.14:1-12) “It is really the number of crops he sells you.” The earth is the Lord’s; it is not our own. And it is only by His grace that we share the fruit…
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Fri 01 Aug 2025
August 1 - Prayer to St. Alphonsus Liguori
O patron of moral theologians and servant of the poor, how blessed was your loving wisdom, your understanding of God and His love for us, made perfectly known in His only Son whom you loved so much w…
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Thu 31 Jul 2025
August 1 - Friday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Lv.23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34-37; Ps.81:2-6,10-11; Mt.13:54-58) “Offer as an oblation to the Lord holocausts and cereal offerings, sacrifices and libations, as prescribed for each day.” Our …
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Thu 31 Jul 2025
July 31 - Prayer to St. Ignatius of Loyola
O strong and holy apostle, soldier for the Lord Jesus and defender of His Church, you gathered together an army to labor in mission fields, to educate the masses, to serve and die as loyal sons of th…
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Wed 30 Jul 2025
July 31 - Thursday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ex.40:16-21,34-38; Ps.84:2-6,8,11; Mt.13:47-53) “The cloud covered the meeting tent, and the glory of the Lord filled the Dwelling.” The Dwelling is the Tabernacle of God, the place in …
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Wed 30 Jul 2025
July 30 - Prayer to St. Peter Chrysologus
O you of golden words, of angelic tongue, of sermons refined seven times by the Spirit of God… O how you made present on earth the invisible Creator even as He was made for us in the womb of the Virg…
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Tue 29 Jul 2025
July 30 - Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ex.34:29-35; Ps.99:5-7,9; Mt.13:44-46) “The skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed with the Lord.” His face shining like the pearl of great price, with whom he speaks, M…
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Tue 29 Jul 2025
July 29 - Prayer to Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
O servants of the Lord who welcomed Him into your home, fulfilling all the duties of hospitality, and yet realized as He taught that it is He who serves us poor creatures, who is the resurre…
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Mon 28 Jul 2025
July 29 - Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ex.33:7-11,34:5-9,28; Ps.103:6-13; Mt.13:36-43) “The angels will hurl them into the fiery furnace where they will wail and grind their teeth.” It is the justice of God which is our them…
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Mon 28 Jul 2025
July 28 - Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ex.32:15-24,30-34; Ps.106:1,19-23; Mt.13:31-35) “Eventually the whole mass of dough began to rise.” The kingdom of God comes gradually, grows imperceptibly; from the smallest of seeds it beco…
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Sun 27 Jul 2025
July 27 - Sunday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year C
(Gn.18:20-32; Ps.138:1-3,6-8; Col.2:12-14; Lk.11:1-13) “Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Prayer. Our wonderful gift from God. Ou…
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Sat 26 Jul 2025
July 26 - Prayer to Sts. Joachim and Anne
O parents of the Virgin Mary, grandparents of the Lord our God, you who gave birth to our Blessed Mother, through whom we are blessed for all ages… O you through whom the promise to David came to be …
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Fri 25 Jul 2025
July 26 - Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ex.24:3-8; Ps.50:1-2,5-6,14-15; Mt.13:24-30) “All that the Lord has said, we will heed and do.” But will they? Who among them will remain faithful to the covenant they make with God? A…
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Fri 25 Jul 2025
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