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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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December 23 - Second Part of Advent
(Mal.3:1-4,23-24; Ps.25:4-5,8-10,14,Lk.21:28; Lk.1:57-66) “His name is John.” Yes, “the hand of the Lord [was] upon him,” whose name signifies the grace of…
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December 22 - Second Part of Advent
(1Sm.1:24-28; 1Sm.2:1,4-8; Lk.1:46-56) “His mercy is from age to age on those who fear Him.” The Magnificat of Mary mirrors but, if I may say, far surpasses…
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December 20 - Second Part of Advent
(Is.7:10-14; Ps.24:1-7,10; Lk.1:26-38) “Blessed are you among women.” “The virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and shall name Him Immanuel because ‘God…
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December 19 - Second Part of Advent
(Jgs.13:2-7,24-25; Ps.71:3-6,8,16-17; Lk.1:5-25) “From my mother’s womb you are my strength.” How the above line from our psalm is reflected both in Samson and…
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December 18 - Second Part of Advent
(Jer.23:5-8; Ps.72:1,7,12-13,18-19; Mt.1:18-24) “He will save His people from their sins.” Each of our readings today mentions the salvation of our Lord. The…
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December 17 - Second Part of Advent
(Gn.49:2,8-10; Ps.72:3-4,7-8,17; Mt.1:1-17) “May He rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.” Since “the scepter shall never depart…
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December 16 - Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Advent
(Zep.3:1-2,9-13; Ps.34:2-3,6-7,17-19,23; Mt.21:28-32) “I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, who shall take refuge in the name of…
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December 15 - Monday of the 3rd Week of Advent
(Nm.24:2-7,15-17; Ps.25:4-9; Mt.21:23-27) “A star shall advance from Jacob, and a staff shall rise from Israel.” And the light of that star is reflected in the…
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December 13 - Saturday of the 2nd Week of Advent
(Sir.48:1-4,9-11; Ps.80:2-4,15-16,18-19; Mt.17:10-13) “Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace.” Elijah has come…
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December 11 - Thursday of the 2nd Week of Advent
(Is.41:13-20; Ps.145:1,8-13; Mt.11:11-15) “I will make you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and double-edged.” A “worm” and a “maggot” are we. We are “the…
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December 10 - Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Advent
(Is.40:25-31; Ps.103:1-4,8,10; Mt.11:28-30) “My yoke is easy and my burden light.” How we do become “weary and find life burdensome.” How we can “faint and…
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December 9 - Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Advent
(Is.40:1-11; Ps.96:1-3,10-13,Is.40:10; Mt.18:12-14) “Like a shepherd He feeds His flock; in His arms He gathers His lambs.” His is the voice which “speak[s]…
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December 6 - Saturday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.30:19-21,23-26; Ps.147:1-6,Is.30:18; Mt.9:35-10:1,6-8) “On the day the Lord binds up the wounds of His people, He will heal the bruises left by His blows.”…
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December 5 - Friday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.29:17-24; Ps.27:1,4,13-14; Mt.9:27-31) “The eyes of the blind shall see.” O “that I may gaze on the loveliness of the Lord and contemplate His temple.”…
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December 4 - Thursday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.26:1-6; Ps.118:1,8-9,19-21,25-27; Mt.7:21,24-27) “Trust in the Lord forever! For the Lord is an eternal rock.” Sand or rock? Upon which do we build our…
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December 3 - Wednesday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.25:6-10; Ps.23:1-6; Mt.15:29-37) “The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain.” And He will heal us. And He will lead us. And He will feed us. Jesus…
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December 2 - Tuesday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.11:1-10; Ps.72:1,7-8,12-13,17; Lk.10:21-24) “The earth shall be filled with knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea.” And so, “there shall be no…
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December 1 - Monday of the 1st Week of Advent
(Is.2:1-5 or Is.4:2-6; Ps.122:1-9; Mt.8:5-11 I shall treat of both first readings) “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!” For it shall come. “The mountain of the…
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November 29 - Saturday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.7:15-27; Dn.3:59,82-87; Lk.21:34-36) “The day I speak of will come upon all who dwell on the face of the earth.” And so we must “pray constantly for the…
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November 28 - Friday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.7:2-14; Dn.3:59,75-81; Lk.21:29-33) “The beast was slain and its body thrown into the fire to be burnt up.” Daniel prophesies the coming of pagan empires…
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November 27 - Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.6:12-28; Dn.3:59,68-74; Lk.21:20-28) “Your ransom is near at hand.” “He is a deliverer and savior, working signs and wonders in heaven and on earth.” And…
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November 26 - Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28; Dn.3:59,62-67; Lk.21:12-19) “You will be brought to give witness.” “Daniel was brought into the presence of the king.” And what…
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November 25 - Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.2:31-45; Dn.3:57-61; Lk.21:5-11) “The iron, tile, bronze, silver, and gold all crumbled at once, fine as the chaff on the threshing floor in summer, and…
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November 24 - Monday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Dn.1:1-6,8-20; Dn.3:52-56; Lk.21:1-4) “To these four young men God gave knowledge and proficiency in all literature and science, and to Daniel the…
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November 22 - Saturday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Mac.6:1-13; Ps.9:2-4,6,16,19; Lk.20:27-40) “The needy shall not always be forgotten, nor shall the hope of the afflicted forever perish.” Death comes, yes…
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November 21 - Friday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Mac.4:36-37,52-59; 1Chr.29:10-13; Lk.19:45-48) “Let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it.” In both our reading and gospel today, we hear of the…
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November 20 - Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Mac.2:15-29; Ps.50:1-2,5-6,14-15,23; Lk.19:41-44) “We will not obey the words of the king nor depart from our religion in the slightest degree.” The king of…
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November 19 - Wednesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(2Mac.7:1,20-31; Ps.17:1,5-6,8,15; Lk.19:11-28) “He, in His mercy, will give you back both breath and life, because you now disregard yourselves for the sake…
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November 18 - Tuesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(2Mac.6:18-31; Ps.3:2-8; Lk.19:1-10) “I fear not the myriads of people arrayed against me on every side.” Zacchaeus’ running up ahead and climbing a tree in…
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November 17 - Monday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(1Mac.1:10-15,41-43,54-57,62-63; Ps.119:53,61,88,134,150,155,158; Lk.18:35-43) “Terrible affliction was upon Israel.” Oh how the nation had become so blind. Oh…
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November 15 - Saturday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ws.18:14-16,19:6-9; Ps.105:2-3,5,36-37,42-43; Lk.18:1-8) “He led forth His people with joy; with shouts of joy, His chosen ones.” “They beheld stupendous…
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November 14 - Friday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ws.13:1-9; Ps.19:2-5; Lk.17:26-37) “Wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures gather.” It is so that “the heavens proclaim the glory of God and the…
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November 13 - Thursday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ws.7:22-8:1; Ps.119:89-91,130,135,175; Lk.17:20-25) “Let your countenance shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.” Wisdom, who “is fairer than…
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November 12 - Wednesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ws.6:1-11; Ps.82:3-4,6-8; Lk.17:11-19) “Stand up and go your way; your faith has been your salvation.” “This man was a Samaritan.” Jesus chose the lowest of…
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November 11 - Tuesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ws.2:23-3:9; Ps.34:2-3,16-19; Lk.17:7-10) “The souls of the just are in the hands of God, and no torment shall touch them.” What does the Lord mean when He…
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November 10 - Monday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Wis.1:1-7; Ps.139:1-10,24; Lk.17:1-6) “Where can I hide from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee?” Yes, “wisdom is a kindly spirit, yet she…
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November 8 - Saturday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.16:3-9,16,22-27; Ps.145:1-5,10-11; Lk.16:9-15) “Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord, and let your faithful ones bless you.” We are in the world, and…
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November 7 - Friday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.15:14-21; Ps.98:1-4; Lk.16:1-8) “The worldly take more initiative than the otherworldly when it comes to dealing with their own kind.” What is the Lord…
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November 6 - Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.14:7-12; Ps.27:1,4,13-14; Lk.15:1-10) “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Since “every one of us will have to give an account of himself before…
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November 8 - Wednesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.13:8-10; Ps.112:1-2,4-5,9; Lk.14:25-33) “Love is the fulfillment of the law.” Jesus tells us, “None of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all…
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November 4 - Tuesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.12:5-16; Ps.131:1-3; Lk.14:15-24) “Come along, everything is ready now.” Dinner is being served now in the kingdom of God. But are we prepared to sit down…
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November 3 - Monday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.11:29-36; Ps.69:14,30-31,33-34,36-37; Lk.14:12-14) “God has imprisoned all in disobedience that He might have mercy on all.” I begin to see “how deep are…
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October 31 - Friday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.9:1-5; Ps.147:12-15,19-20; Lk.14:1-6) “They could not answer.” The Pharisees are dumb. The leaders of the Jewish nation cannot speak as to whether a man…
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October 30 - Thursday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.8:31-39; Ps.109:21-22,26-27,30-31; Lk.13:31-35) “For your sake we are being slain all the day long.” And yet, “in all this we are more than conquerors…
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October 29 - Wednesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.8:26-30; Ps.13:4-6; Lk.13:22-30) “Lord, are they few in number who are to be saved?” We question. We wonder. With the man who spoke to the Lord as He made…
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October 27 - Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.8:12-17; Ps.68:2,4,6-7,20-21; Lk.13:10-17) “All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” It is the Spirit of God that led the poor stooped woman…
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October 25 - Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.8:1-11; Ps.24:1-6; Lk.13:1-9) “You will all come to the same end unless you reform.” We hear again today in our readings of the distinction between those…
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October 24 - Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.7:18-25; Ps.119:66,68,76-77,93,94; Lk.12:54-59) “Why do you not judge for yourselves what is just?” Do we not have the law of God at work in us now? Must…
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October 23 - Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.6:19-23; Ps.1:1-4,6,40:5; Lk.12:49-53) “The Lord watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes.” The division is clear. The Lord…
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October 22 - Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.6:12-18; Ps.124:1-8; Lk.12:39-48) “Offer yourselves to God as men who have come back from the dead to life.” If we have come back from the dead to life…
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October 21 - Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.5:12,15,17-21; Ps.40:7-10,17; Lk.12:35-38) “To do your will, O my God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart!” “May those who love your salvation…
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October 20 - Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.4:20-25; Lk.1:68-75; Lk.12:13-21) “We should serve Him devoutly and through all our days be holy in His sight.” For “this very night your life shall be…
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October 17 - Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.4:1-8; Ps.32:1-2,5,7,11; Lk.12:1-7) “Happy is the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile.” All our sins shall be taken…
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October 16 - Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.3:21-30; Ps.130:1-7; Lk.11:47-54) “This generation will have to account for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world.” And so…
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October 15 - Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.2:1-11; Ps.62:2-3,6-7,9,13; Lk.11:42-46) “Your hard and impenitent heart is storing up retribution for that day of wrath when the just judgment of God will…
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October 14 - Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.1:16-25; Ps.19:2-5; Lk.11:37-41) “They stultified themselves through speculating to no purpose, and their senseless hearts were darkened.” If these words…
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October 13 - Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Rm.1:1-7; Ps.98:1-4; Lk.11:29-32) “You have a greater than Jonah here.” Greater than any prophet is He. Wiser than Solomon is the Lord who is the source of…
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October 11 - Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Jl.4:12-21; Ps.97:1-2,5-6,11-12; Lk.11:27-28) “Near is the day of the Lord in the valley of decision.” And so, “blest are they who hear the word of God and…
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October 10 - Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Jl.1:13-15,2:1-2; Ps.9:2-3,6,8-9,16; Lk.11:15-26) “It is near, a day of darkness and of gloom, a day of clouds and somberness!” And we must be prepared. We…
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October 9 - Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Mal.3:13-20; Ps.1:1-4,6,40:5; Lk.11:5-13) “For you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays.” Both our psalm and first…