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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.
Episodes
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October 30 - Friday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Phil.1:1-11; Ps.111:1-6; Lk.14:1-6) “My prayer is that your love may more and more abound.” Paul’s prayer is addressed to the Philippians, who “have all…
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October 29 - Thursday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.6:10-20; Ps.144:1-2,9-10; Lk.13:31-35) “Today and tomorrow I cast out devils and perform cures, and on the third day my purpose is accomplished.” “Blessed…
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October 27 - Tuesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.5:21-33; Ps.128:1-5; Lk.13:18-21) “To what shall I compare the reign of God?” Jesus Himself compares it to a mustard seed which grows so steadily into a…
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October 26 - Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.4:32-5:8; Ps.1:1-4,6,Eph.5:1; Lk.13:10-17) “There was a time when you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.” Brothers and sisters, remember…
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October 24 - Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.4:7-16; Ps.122:1-5; Lk.13:1-9) “Each of us has received God’s favor in the measure in which Christ bestows it.” Paul reminds us today of Scripture: “When…
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October 23 - Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.4:1-6; Ps.24:1-6; Lk.12:54-59) “Make every effort to preserve the unity which has the Spirit as its origin and peace as its binding force.” Is this not…
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October 22 - Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.3:14-21; Ps.33:1-2,4-5,11-12,18-19; Lk.12:49-53) “Do you think I have come to establish peace on the earth?” Strong contrast we find in our readings…
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October 21 - Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.3:2-12; Is.12:2-6; Lk.12:39-48) “When much has been given a man, much will be required of him.” Yes, “more will be asked of a man to whom more has been…
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October 20 - Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.2:12-22; Ps.85:9-14; Lk.12:35-38) “You who were once far off have been brought near through the blood of Christ.” We who “were excluded from the community…
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October 19 - Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.2:1-10; Ps.100:2-5; Lk.12:13-21) “It is owing to His favor that salvation is yours through faith. This is not your own doing, it is God’s gift.” Brothers…
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October 17 - Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.1:15-23; Ps.8:2-7; Lk.12:8-12) “Whoever acknowledges me before men – the Son of Man will acknowledge him before the angels of God.” We are only very…
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October 16 - Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.1:11-14; Ps.33:1-2,4-5,12-13; Lk.12:1-7) “What you have whispered in locked rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.” What we have whispered and what…
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October 15 - Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.1:1-10; Ps.98:1-6; Lk.11:47-54) “It is in Christ and through His blood that we have been redeemed and our sins forgiven.” Oh, brothers and sisters, “so…
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October 14 - Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.5:18-25; Ps.1:1-4,6,Jn.8:12; Lk.11:42-46) “Since we live by the spirit, let us follow the spirit’s lead.” “Happy the man who follows not the counsel of…
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October 13 - Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.5:1-6; Ps.119:41,43-45,47-48; Lk.11:37-41) “Any of you who seek your justification in the law have severed yourselves from Christ and fallen from God’s…
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October 12 - Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.4:22-24,26-27,31-5:1; Ps.113:1-7; Lk.11:29-32) “At the judgment, the citizens of Nineveh will rise along with the present generation, and they will…
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October 10 - Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.3:22-29; Ps.105:2-8; Lk.11:27-28) “Each of you is a son of God because of your faith in Christ Jesus.” Praise God! “Glory in His holy name; rejoice, O…
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October 9 - Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.3:7-14; Ps.111:1-6; Lk.11:15-26) “All who believe are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.” But those who do not believe cannot be called “sons…
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October 8 - Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.3:1-5; Lk.1:69-75; Lk.11:5-13) “I can’t get up to look after your needs.” Does Jesus ever speak these words to us? Does He ever deny our petitions…
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October 7 - Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.2:1-2,7-14; Ps.117:1-2,Mk.16:15; Lk.11:1-4) “He who worked through Peter as His apostle among the Jews had been at work in me for the Gentiles.” And that…
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October 6 - Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.1:13-24; Ps.139:1-3,13-15,24; Lk.10:38-42) “The time came when He who set me apart before I was born and called me by His favor chose to reveal His Son to…
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October 5 - Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Gal.1:6-12; Ps.111:1-2,5,7-10; Lk.10:25-37) “Teacher, what must I do to inherit everlasting life?” Do you really want to know? Do really seek to hear of the…
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October 3 - Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Job 42:1-3,5-6,12-16; Ps.119:66,71,75,91,125,130,135; Lk.10:17-24) “I watched Satan fall from the sky like lightning.” Oh how our readings conspire together…
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October 2 - Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Job 38:1,12-21,40:3-5; Ps.139:1-3,7-10,13-14,24; Lk.10:13-16) “I put my hand over my mouth.” When the Lord speaks, what can we be but silent? When He…
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October 1 - Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Job 19:21-27; Ps.27:7-9,13-14; Lk.10:1-12) “I know that my Vindicator lives, and that He will at last stand forth upon the dust.” “The hand of God has struck…
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September 30 - Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Job 9:1-12,14-16; Ps.88:3,10-15; Lk.9:57-62) “Why, O Lord, do you reject me; why hide from me your face?” The cry of our psalmist certainly reflects that of…
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September 28 - Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Job 1:6-22; Ps.17:1-3,6-7; Lk.9:46-50) “Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall go back again.” In the beginning and in the end, we have…
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September 26 - Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ec.11:9-12:8; Ps.90:1,3-6,12-14,17; Lk.9:43-45) “The dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.” “As a watch of…
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September 25 - Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ec.3:1-11; Ps.144:1-4; Lk.9:18-22) “He has made everything appropriate to its time, and has put the timeless into their hearts.” Yes, “there is an appointed…
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September 24 - Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ec.1:2-11; Ps.90:1,3-6,12-14,17; Lk.9:7-9) “See, this is new!” Here is He who is “new under the sun.” For it is not so that “John has been raised from the…
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September 23 - Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Prv.30:5-9; Ps.119:29,72,89,101,104-105,163; Lk.9:1-6) “Take nothing for the journey.” How can he who takes nothing with him for his journey be provided for?…
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September 22 - Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Prv.21:1-6,10-13; Ps.119:1,27,30,34-35,44; Lk.8:19-21) “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act upon it.” Our readings today are…
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September 19 - Saturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.15:35-37,42-49; Ps.56:10-14; Lk.8:4-15) “Just as we resemble the man from earth, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.” It is not…
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September 18 - Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.15:12-20; Ps.17:1,6-8,15; Lk.8:1-3) “Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” This is the heart of our…
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September 17 - Thursday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.15:1-11; Ps.118:1-2,16-17,28; Lk.7:36-50) “I am the least of the apostles.” Brothers and sisters, “little is forgiven the one whose love is small.” And…
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September 16 - Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.12:31-13:13; Ps.33:2-5,12,22; Lk.7:31-35) “We piped you a tune but you did not dance; we sang you a dirge but you did not wail.” “Like children squatting…
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September 15 - Tuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.12:12-14,27-31; Ps.100:1-5; Lk.7:11-17) “A great prophet has risen among us.” A great prophet, yes, and so much more; for here is He who is Himself the…
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September 14 - Monday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.11:17-26,33; Ps.40:7-10,17,1Cor.11:26; Lk.7:1-10) “Just give the order and my servant will be cured.” By a word from His mouth what cannot be done? For…
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September 12 - Saturday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.10:14-22; Ps.116:12-13,17-18; Lk.6:43-49) “Is not the cup of blessing we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread we break a sharing…
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September 11 - Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.9:16-19,22-27; Ps.84:2-6,8,12; Lk.6:39-42) “Although I am not bound to anyone, I made myself the slave of all so as to win over as many as possible.” How…
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September 10 - Thursday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.8:1-7,11-13; Ps.139:1-3,13-14,23-24; Lk.6:27-38) “The measure you measure with will be measured back to you.” And what is your measuring stick, brother?…
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September 9 - Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.7:25-31; Ps.45:11-12,14-17; Lk.6:20-26) “The world as we know it is passing away.” And so, “hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people…
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September 7 - Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.5:1-8; Ps.5:5-7,9,12; Lk.6:6-11) “Let us celebrate the feast not with the old yeast, that of corruption and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of…
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September 5 - Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.4:9-15; Ps.145:17-21; Lk.6:1-5) “God has put us apostles at the end of the line, like men doomed to die in the arena.” “Up to this very hour we go hungry…
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September 4 - Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.4:1-5; Ps.37:3-6,27-28,39-40; Lk.5:33-39) “The salvation of the just is from the Lord.” “For the Lord loves what is right, and forsakes not His faithful…
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September 3 - Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.3:18-23; Ps.24:1-6; Lk.5:1-11) “Amazement at the catch they had made seized him and all his shipmates.” What a truly remarkable scene! Here upon the call…
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September 2 - Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.3:1-9; Ps.33:12-15,20-21; Lk.4:38-44) “To other towns I must announce the Good News of the reign of God, because that is why I was sent.” “And He…
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September 1 - Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.2:10-16; Ps.145:8-14,17; Lk.4:31-37) “We have the mind of Christ.” The demon has been cast from us and we see the Lord as He is: “Good to all and…
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August 31 - Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.2:1-5; Ps.119:97-102; Lk.4:16-30) “Your faith rests not on the wisdom of men but on the power of God.” Paul comes to the Corinthians with preaching that…
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August 29 - Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.1:26-31; Ps.33:12-13,18-21; Mt.25:14-30) “He called in His servants and handed His funds over to them according to each man’s abilities.” All comes from…
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August 28 - Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.1:17-25; Ps.33:1-2,4-5,10-11; Mt.25:1-13) “The world did not come to know Him through its ‘wisdom’.” “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and thwart…
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August 27 - Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.1:1-9; Ps.145:1-7; Mt.24:42-51) “He will strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Brothers and…
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August 26 - Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Thes.3:6-10,16-18; Ps.128:1-2,4-5; Mt.23:27-32) “You shall eat the fruit of your handiwork.” “Anyone who would not work should not eat” was the rule laid…
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August 25 - Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Thes.2:1-3,14-17; Ps.96:10-13; Mt.23:23-26) “He shall rule the world with justice and the peoples with His constancy.” “Brothers, stand firm.” Be not “easily…
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August 22 - Saturday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.43:1-7; Ps.85:9-14; Mt.23:1-12) “The temple was filled with the glory of the Lord.” Certainly the vision of Ezekiel is fulfilled in the coming of Jesus and…
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August 21 - Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.37:1-14; Ps.107:1-9; Mt.22:34-40) “I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel.” The commentary in the…
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August 20 - Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.36:23-28; Ps.51:12-15,18-19,Ez.36:25; Mt.22:1-14) “Cast me not out from your presence, and your Holy Spirit take not from me.” The Lord desires to “prove…
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August 19 - Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.34:1-11; Ps.23:1-6; Mt.20:1-16) “I myself will look after and tend my sheep.” How grateful we should be that “the Lord is [our] shepherd,” for with Him we…
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August 18 - Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.28:1-10; Dt.32:26-28,30,35-36,39; Mt.19:23-30) “Only with difficulty will a rich man enter the kingdom of God.” Yes, “close at hand is the day of their…
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August 17 - Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.24:15-24; Dt.32:18-21; Mt.19:16-22) “Son of man, by a sudden blow I am taking away from you the delight of your eyes, but do not mourn or weep or shed any…