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
July 9 - Sunday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Zec.9:9-10; Ps.145:1-2,8-11,13-14; Rom.8:9,11-13; Mt.11:25-30) “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” A remarkable confluence of Scripture today, e…
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Sat 08 Jul 2023
July 6 - Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Gn.22:1-19; Ps.115:1-6,8-9; Mt.9:1-8) “God put Abraham to the test.” And so is his faith in the living God made known. And so we see to what faith and obedience we are called. All that…
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Wed 05 Jul 2023
July 2 - Sunday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(2Kgs.4:8-11,14-16a; Ps.89:2-3,16-19; Rom.6:3-4,8-11; Mt.10:37-42) “Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” The Lord encourages us today to “take up [our] cross and follow [Him…
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Sat 01 Jul 2023
June 30 - Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Gn.17:1,9-10,15-22; Ps.128:1-5; Mt.8:1-4) “Can Sarah give birth at ninety?” Abraham laughs to himself as he asks the question; and indeed many scoff at the idea today, or simply choose to reas…
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Thu 29 Jun 2023
June 27 - Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Gn.13:2,5-18; Ps.15:1-5; Mt.7:6,12-14;) “How narrow is the gate that leads to life, how rough the road, and how few there are who find it!” In our first reading today, the way Abram wal…
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Mon 26 Jun 2023
June 25 - Sunday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Jer.20:10-13; Ps.69:8-10,14,17,33-35; Rom.5:12-15; Mt.10:26-33) “For your sake I bear insult, and shame covers my face.” Jeremiah “hear[s] the whisperings of many” who seek to “denounce…
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Sat 24 Jun 2023
June 18 - Sunday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Ex.19:2-6a; Ps.100:1-3,5; Rom.5:6-11; Mt.9:36-10:8) “I bore you up on eagle wings, and brought you here to myself.” As the Lord rescued the Israelites from slavery to the Egyptians and br…
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Sat 17 Jun 2023
June 16 - The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Year A
(Dt.7:6-11; Ps.103:1-4,8,10,17; 1Jn.4:7-16; Mt.11:25-30) “He has loved us and has sent His Son as an offering for our sins.” Who better to hear from on this blessed feast than John, th…
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Thu 15 Jun 2023
June 11 - The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year A
(Dt.8:2-3,14b-16a; Ps.147:12-15,19-20; 1Cor.10:16-17; Jn.6:51-58) “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.” “Not by bread alone doe…
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Sat 10 Jun 2023
June 10 - Saturday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Tb.12:1,5-15,20; Tb.13:1-2,6; Mk.12:38-44) “Almsgiving saves one from death.” We must give alms, yes; and the greatest of alms is the gift of ourselves to God. In our gospel we hear of perhaps…
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Fri 09 Jun 2023
June 9 - Friday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Tb.11:5-15; Ps.146:2,7-10; Mk.12:35-37) “The Lord gives sight to the blind.” Now in His teaching Jesus truly begins to open the eyes of the people. We have witnessed this week His fielding the…
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Thu 08 Jun 2023
June 8 - Thursday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Tb.6:11,7:1,9-14,8:4-7; Ps.128:1-5; Mk.12:28-34) “Love the Lord your God” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two great commandments rest all the Law and the Prophets. By them we…
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Wed 07 Jun 2023
June 7 - Wednesday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Tb.3:1-11,16-17; Ps.25:1-9; Mk.12:18-27) “He is the God of the living, not of the dead.” Rich readings. First of all, we see the striking similarity between the story woven by the Sadducees t…
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Tue 06 Jun 2023
June 6 - Tuesday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Tb.2:9-14; Ps.112:1-2,7-9; Mk.12:13-17) “The heart of the just man is secure, trusting in the Lord.” Today in our reading and gospel we find just men put to trial and testing. Our Lord is…
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Mon 05 Jun 2023
June 5 - Monday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Tb.1:1-2,2:1-9; Ps.112:1-6; Mk.12:1-12) “The stone rejected by the builders has become the keystone of the structure.” First, Tobit is not a parable; it is not a “story”. A parable begins…
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Sun 04 Jun 2023
June 4 - Most Holy Trinity Sunday, Year A
(Ex.34:4b-6,8-9; Dn.3:52-56; 2Cor.13:11-13; Jn.3:16-18) “The Lord, the Lord, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in kindness and fidelity.” “Blessed are you, O Lord, th…
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Sat 03 Jun 2023
June 3 - Saturday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Sir.51:12-20; Ps.19:8-11; Mk.11:27-33) “When I was young and innocent, I sought wisdom. She came to me in her beauty, and until the end I will cultivate her.” Oh how Sirach speaks of his l…
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Fri 02 Jun 2023
June 2 - Friday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Sir.44:1,9-13; Ps.149:1-6,9; Mk.11:11-26) “They are as though they had not lived, they and their children after them.” This line from Sirach could refer well to the Jewish nation symbolize…
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Thu 01 Jun 2023
June 1 - Thursday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Sir.42:15-25; Ps.33:2-9; Mk.10:46-52) “As the rising sun is clear to all, so the glory of the Lord fills all His works.” “How beautiful are all His works! even to the spark and the fleetin…
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Wed 31 May 2023
May 28 - Pentecost Sunday, Year A
(Acts 2:1-11; Ps.104:1,24,29-31,34; 1Cor.12:3b-7,12-13; Jn.20:19-23) “Suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were…
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Sat 27 May 2023
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