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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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August 14 - Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.16:1-15,60,63 or Ez.16:59-63; Is.12:1-6; Mt.19:3-12) “I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were a girl, and I will set up an everlasting…
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August 13 - Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.12:1-12; Ps.78:7,56-59,61-62; Mt.18:21-19:1) “As captives they shall go into exile.” “The prince who is among them shall shoulder his burden and set out in…
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August 12 - Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.9:1-7,10:18-22; Ps.113:1-6; Mt.18:15-20) “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst.” And so the four living creatures, the…
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August 11 - Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.2:8-3:4; Ps.119:14,24,72,103,111,131; Mt.18:1-5,10,12-14) “How sweet to my palate are your promises, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” And is there a…
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August 8 - Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Hb.1:12-2:4; Ps.9:8-13; Mt.17:14-20) “They trust in you who cherish your name, for you forsake not those who seek you, O Lord.” “Why could we not expel it?”…
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August 7 - Friday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Nah.2:1,3,3:1-3,6-7; Dt.32:35-36,39,41; Mt.16:24-28) “It is I who bring both death and life, I who inflict wounds and heal them.” When the Lord comes indeed…
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August 5 - Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.31:1-7; Jer.31:10-13; Mt.15:21-28) “Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion, they shall come streaming to the Lord’s blessings.” In our first…
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August 4 - Tuesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II A
(Jer.30:1-2,12-15,18-22; Ps.102:16-23,29; Mt.15:1-2,10-14) “Every planting not put down by my heavenly Father will be uprooted.” Is it not these Pharisees of…
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August 3 - Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II A
(Jer.28:1-17; Ps.119:29,43,68,79-80,95,102; Mt.14:22-36) “Let those turn to me who fear you and acknowledge your decrees.” Hananiah does not fear the Lord; he…
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August 1 - Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.26:11-16,24; Ps.69:14-16,30-31,33-34; Mt.14:1-12) “In truth it was the Lord who sent me to you, to speak all these things for you to hear.” Jeremiah…
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July 31 - Friday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.26:1-9; Ps.69:5,8-10,14; Mt.13:54-58) “No prophet is without honor, except in his native place, indeed in his own house.” How consonant are our readings…
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July 30 - Thursday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.18:1-6; Ps.146:1-6; Mt.13:47-53) “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.” “I went down to the potter’s house and…
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July 29 - Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.15:10,16-21; Ps.59:2-4,10-11,17-18; Mt.13:44-46) “If you repent, so that I restore you, in my presence you shall stand.” The Lord called Jeremiah even…
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July 28 - Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.14:17-22; Ps.79:8-9,11,13; Mt.13:36-43) “Remember not against us the iniquities of the past; may your compassion quickly come to us, for we are brought…
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July 27 - Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.13:1-11; Dt.32:18-21; Mt.13:31-35) “You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you. You forgot the God who gave you birth.” So Moses says of the people he…
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July 24 - Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.3:14-17; Jer.31:10-13; Mt.13:18-23) “At that time they will call Jerusalem the Lord’s throne; there all nations will be gathered together to honor the…
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July 23 - Thursday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.2:1-3,7-8,12-13; Ps.36:6-11; Mt.13:10-17) “They look but do not see, they listen but do not hear or understand.” Oh how “sacred to the Lord was Israel…
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July 21 - Tuesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Mic.7:14-15,18-20; Ps.85:2-8; Mt.12:46-50) “Then extending His hands to His disciples, He said, ‘There are my mother and my brothers.’” The Lord’s blessing…
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July 20 - Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Mic.6:1-4,6-8; Ps.50:5-6,8-9,16-17,21,23; Mt.12:38-42) “The Lord has a plea against His people, and He enters into trial with Israel.” “God Himself is the…
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July 18 - Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Mic.2:1-5; Ps.10:1-4,7-8,12,14; Mt.12:14-21) “When the Pharisees were outside they began to plot against Jesus to find a way to destroy Him.” Is it not of…
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July 17 - Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Is.38:1-8,21-22; Is.38:10-12,16-17; Mt.12:1-8) “Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord.” “When Hezekiah was mortally ill, the prophet…
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July 16 - Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Is.26:7-9,12,16-19; Ps.102:13-21; Mt.11:28-30) “The Lord looked down from His holy height, from heaven He beheld the earth, To hear the groaning of the…
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July 15 - Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Is.10:5-7,13-16; Ps.94:5-10,14-15; Mt.11:25-27) “Shall He who instructs nations not chastise, He who teaches men knowledge?” Again we learn the basic teaching…
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July 14 - Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Is.7:1-9; Ps.48:2-9; Mt.11:20-24) “Unless your faith is firm you shall not be firm!” “Take care you remain tranquil and do not fear; let not your courage…
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July 13 - Monday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Is.1:10-17; Ps.50:8-9,16-17,21,23; Mt.10:34-11:1) “Your hands are full of blood! Wash yourselves clean!” Elsewhere in Scripture we read, “The Lord chastises…
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July 11 - Saturday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Is.6:1-8; Ps.93:1-2,5; Mt.10:24-33) “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts,’ they cried one to the other. ‘All the earth is filled with His glory.’” Hear the…
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July 10 - Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Hos.14:2-10; Ps.51:3-4,8-9,12-14,17; Mt.10:16-23) “O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.” Hosea instructs the Israelites, “Take with…
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July 9 - Thursday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Hos.11:1,3-4,8-9; Ps.80:2-4,15-16; Mt.10:7-15) “I am God and not man, the Holy One present among you.” And He comes to us as do the disciples today, blessing…
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July 8 - Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Hos.10:1-3,7-8,12; Ps.105:2-7; Mt.10:1-7) “Jesus sent these men on mission as the Twelve.” And in these men the Lord founds His Church, choosing “first Simon…
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July 7 - Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Hos.8:4-7,11-13; Ps.115:3-10; Mt.9:32-38) “Our God is in heaven; whatever He wills, He does. Their idols are silver and gold, the handiwork of men.” In…
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July 6 - Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Hos.2:16-18,21-22; Ps.145:2-9; Mt.9:18-26) “When the crowd had been put out He entered and took her by the hand, and the little girl got up.” How like Hosea’s…
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July 4 - Saturday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Amos 9:11-15; Ps.85:9,11-14; Mt.9:14-17) “I will bring about the restoration of my people Israel.” Of the city of David, the Lord promises, “I will wall up…
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July 2 - Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Amos 7:10-17; Ps.19:8-11; Mt.9:1-8) “The Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” Amos says of himself in our first reading: “The Lord took me from…
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July 1 - Wednesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Amos 5:14-15,21-24; Ps.50:7-13,16-17,23; Mt.8:28-34) “Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you.” The chastising continues in our…
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June 30 - Tuesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Amos 3:1-8,4:11-12; Ps.5:4-9; Mt.8:23-27) “The lion roars – who will not be afraid! The Lord God speaks – who will not prophesy!” Yes, the Lord prophesies…
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June 27 - Saturday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Lam.2:2,10-14,18-19; Ps.74:1-7,19-21; Mt.8:5-17) “It was our infirmities He bore, our sufferings He endured.” And oh how deep are those sufferings; “great as…
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June 26 - Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Kgs.25:1-12; Ps.137:1-6; Mt.8:1-4) “Then Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, led into exile the last of the people remaining in the city.” And so the exile is…
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June 25 - Thursday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Kgs.24:8-17; Ps.79:1-5,8,9; Mt.7:21-29) “The rains fell, the torrents came, the winds blew and lashed against his house. It collapsed under all this and was…
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June 23 - Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Kgs.19:9-11,14-21,31-36; Ps.48:2-4,9-11; Mt.7:6,12-14) “I will shield and save this city for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.” Brothers and…
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June 22 - Monday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Kgs.17:5-8,13-15,18; Ps.60:3-5,7,12-13; Mt.7:1-5) “In His great anger against Israel, the Lord put them away out of His sight.” Jesus instructs His disciples…
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June 20 - Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Chr.24:17-25; Ps.89:4-5,29-34; Mt.6:24-34) “Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has abandoned you.” How quickly Joash the king of Judah, who so recently…
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June 19 - Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Kgs.11:1-4,9-18,20; Ps.132:11-14,17-18; Mt.6:19-23) “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your body will be filled with light; if your eye…
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June 18 - Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Sir.48:1-14; Ps.97:1-7,12; Mt.6:7-15) “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Our psalm sings of the greatness of our God; in our…
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June 17 - Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Kgs.2:1,6-14; Ps.31:20-21,24-25; Mt.6:1-6,16-18) “As they walked on conversing, a flaming chariot and flaming horses came between them, and Elijah went up to…
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June 16 - Tuesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.21:17-29; Ps.51:3-6,11,16; Mt.5:43-48) “Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me.” We have hope, brothers and sisters; we have hope that…
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June 15 - Monday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.21:1-16; Ps.5:2-3,5-7; Mt.5:38-42) “I will obtain the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.” How divergent are the paths of Jezebel and Jesus. This…
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June 13 - Saturday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.19:19-21; Ps.16:1-2,5,7-10; Mt.5:33-37) “I will follow you.” Elisha gives His yes to Elijah, and so to God. He “kiss[es] [his] father and mother…
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June 11 - Thursday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.18:41-46; Ps.65:2,10-13; Mt.5:20-26) “You have visited the land and watered it; greatly have you enriched it.” “There is the sound of a heavy rain.” The…
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June 10 - Wednesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.18:20-39; Ps.16:1-2,4-5,8,11; Mt.5:17-19) “If the Lord is God, follow Him; if Baal, follow him.” Today “the only surviving prophet of the Lord” comes to…
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June 9 - Tuesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.17:7-16; Ps.4:2-5,7-8; Mt.5:13-16) “The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, until the day when the Lord sends rain upon the…
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June 8 - Monday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.17:1-6; Ps.121:1-8; Mt.5:1-12) “My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” It is He whom we seek when we “lift up [our] eyes toward the…
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June 6 - Saturday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Tm.4:1-8; Ps.71:8-9,14-17,22; Mk.12:38-44) “Put up with hardship, perform your work as an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” In final words to his blessed…
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June 5 - Friday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Tm.3:10-17; Ps.119:157,160-161,165-166,168; Mk.12:35-37) “Princes persecute me without cause but my heart stands in awe of your word.” The Word of God and…
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June 4 - Thursday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Tm.2:8-15; Ps.25:4-5,8-10,14; Mk.12:28-34) “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior.” Brothers and sisters, “Remember that Jesus…
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June 3 - Wednesday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Tm.1:1-3,6-12; Ps.123:1-2; Mk.12:18-27) “He has robbed death of its power and has brought life and immortality into clear light through the Gospel.” It is…
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June 2 - Tuesday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Pt.3:12-15,17-18; Ps.90:2-4,10,14,16; Mk.12:13-17) “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s but give to God what is God’s.” “Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent…
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June 1 - Monday of the 9th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Pt.1:2-7; Ps.91:1-2,14-16; Mk.12:1-12) “I will deliver him and glorify him; with length of life I will gratify him and will show him my salvation.” So the…
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May 30 - Saturday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jd.17,20-25; Ps.63:2-6; Mk.11:27-33) “Welcome the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ which leads to eternal life.” “As [Jesus] was walking in the temple precincts…
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May 29 - Friday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Pt.4:7-13; Ps.96:10-13; Mk.11:11-26) “The consummation of all is close at hand. Therefore, do not be perturbed; remain calm so that you will be able to…
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May 28 - Thursday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Pt.2:2-5,9-12; Ps.100:2-5; Mk.10:46-52) “Be as eager for milk as newborn babies – pure milk of the Spirit to make you grow unto salvation.” Does not the…