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
June 7 - Saturday of the 7th Week of Easter
(Acts 28:16-20,30-31; Ps.11:4-5,7; Jn.21:20-25) “I wear these chains solely because I share the hope of Israel.” The hope of Israel indeed wears chains. The Son of God, the Messiah, the …
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Fri 06 Jun 2025
June 6 - Prayer to St. Norbert
O preacher of the Word of God and model of the Gospel, you embraced poverty and penance in accord with the way of Christ and His teaching and called your brothers to do the same, that the Church migh…
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Thu 05 Jun 2025
June 6 - Friday of the 7th Week of Easter
(Acts 25:13-21; Ps.103:1-2,11-12,19-20; Jn.21:15-19) “When you are older you will stretch out your hands, and another will tie you fast and carry you off against your will.” And so the L…
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Thu 05 Jun 2025
June 5 - Prayer to St. Boniface
O apostle of the faith called out from monastery walls to travel into the world, laboring and suffering even to the shedding of blood as you steered Christ’s ship pounded by waves but kept on course,…
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Wed 04 Jun 2025
June 5 - Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter
(Acts 22:30,23:6-11; Ps.16:1-2,5,7-11; Jn.17:20-26) “I set the Lord ever before me; with Him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.” Yes, “the Lord appeared at Paul’s side” at night,…
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Wed 04 Jun 2025
June 4 - Wednesday of the 7th Week of Easter
(Acts 20:28-38; Ps.68:29-30,33-36; Jn.17:11-19) “O Father most holy, protect them with the name you have given me.” In our gospel today Jesus prays to the Father, “who rides on the heigh…
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Tue 03 Jun 2025
June 3 - Prayer to St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
O modern martyrs for Christ who gave your lives even as the early Christians, under torture by the emperor, who remained steadfast as these despite sword or fire come by the power of the king… a new …
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Mon 02 Jun 2025
June 3 - Tuesday of the 7th Week of Easter
(Acts 20:17-27; Ps.68:10-11,20-21,33; Jn.17:1-11) “Father, the hour has come! Give glory to your Son that your Son may give glory to you.” A day of departures. A day of final words and …
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Mon 02 Jun 2025
June 2 - Prayer to Sts. Marcellinus and Peter
O blessed martyrs for the Lord, in your catacombs the faith flourished, upon your tomb the Church was built… your blood is the seed planted in the ground that has caused the growth of the tree of lif…
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Sun 01 Jun 2025
June 2 - Monday of the 7th Week of Easter
(Acts 19:1-8; Ps.68:2-7,33; Jn.16:29-33) “You will suffer in the world. But take courage! I have overcome the world.” “An hour is coming – has indeed already come – when you will be sca…
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Sun 01 Jun 2025
June 1 - Prayer to St. Justin
O prophet of the Lord who spoke in His defense even before the bench of death, who professed the wisdom of the Cross over the intelligence of our race and all the ideas it could conceive, who chose t…
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Sat 31 May 2025
June 1 - Sunday of the 7th Week of Easter, Year C
(Acts 7:55-60; Ps.97:1-2,6-7,9; Rv.22:12-14,16-17,20; Jn.17:20-26) “I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me.” The Father gave Jesus His g…
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Sat 31 May 2025
May 31 - Prayer on The Visitation
O Mother of our Lord, who are we that you should visit us? Over hills you came to see your cousin Elizabeth and the child she conceived so miraculously; to her you brought the Child who brings us all…
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Fri 30 May 2025
May 31 - The Visitation
(Zeph.3:14-18 or Rom.12:9-16; Is.12:2-6; Lk.1:39-56) “Sing praise to the Lord for His glorious achievement; let this be known throughout all the earth.” How can we capture the joy of t…
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Fri 30 May 2025
May 30 - Friday of the 6th Week of Easter
(Acts 18:9-18; Ps.47:2-8; Jn.16:20-23) “Go on speaking and do not be silenced, for I am with you.” As Paul continues his missionary journey, his fears are calmed by the Lord, who assures…
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Thu 29 May 2025
May 29 - Prayer to St. Paul VI
O lover of the Church for whom you offered your life, defending the saving truths of the faith against the evil tide engulfing humanity, proclaiming …
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Wed 28 May 2025
May 29 - Ascension of the Lord
(Acts 1:1-11; Ps.47:1-3,6-9; Eph.1:17-23 or Eph.4:1-13 or Heb.9:24-28,10:19-23; Mt.28:16-20 or Mk.16:15-20 or Lk.24:46-53) “God mounts His throne amid shouts of joy; the Lord, amid …
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Wed 28 May 2025
May 28 - Wednesday of the 6th Week of Easter
(Acts 17:15,22-18:1; Ps.148:1-2,11-14,Is.6:3; Jn.16:12-15) “It is He ‘who gives’ to all life and ‘breath’ and everything else.” “His majesty is above earth and heaven,” brothers and siste…
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Tue 27 May 2025
May 27 - Prayer to St. Augustine of Canterbury
O converter of peoples, called from the quiet of cloister walls you went obediently over seas to preach to the souls to whom you were sent, and the Lord worked through your obedience, spoke through t…
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Mon 26 May 2025
May 27 - Tuesday of the 6th Week of Easter
(Acts 16:22-34; Ps.138:1-3,7-8; Jn.16:5-11) “Immediately all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains were pulled loose.” “Your right hand saves me,” David sings unto the Lord this day in our…
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Mon 26 May 2025
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