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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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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 - Prayer to St. Catherine of Alexandria
O virgin pure and brilliant, you gave your life in defense of the faith, refuting all arguments to its contrary; though you were but a child yourself, you…
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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 - Prayer to Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions
O you who were martyred over three centuries of persecution in a country so bitter toward the faith, bishops and priests and laymen alike, native to the land…
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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 23 - Prayer to St. Columban
O father of holy monasteries who dug deeply in the earth, in the heart of man, and laid their foundation on the Rock that is Christ that they might be made in…
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November 23 - Prayer to Clement I
O successor to Peter, Shepherd of God's Church, Father of all the churches in the Body of Christ, these you instructed well; these you gave a shepherd's care……
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November 23 - Christ the King Sunday, Year C
(2Sm.5:1-3; Ps.122:1-5; Col.1:12-20; Lk.23:35-43) "This is the King of the Jews." On earth, our King rules from a cross; in Paradise, upon a glorious throne. O…
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November 22 - Prayer to St. Cecilia
O holy virgin and martyr, you sang a song of love to Jesus, a song that could not be dimmed, could not be taken away, for you were protected by an angel of 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 - Prayer on the Presentation of Mary
O holy Temple of the Lord, preeminent member of His Church, you who were destined from all ages to bear the Son of God, to be His chosen dwelling place… you…
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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 - Prayer to St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
O woman who prayed always and had great mercy on souls, whose missionary zeal led you across the ocean, thousands of miles from your home, to educate the poor…
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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 - Prayer to St. Elizabeth of Hungary
O charitable soul who gave all you owned for the sake of the Gospel, though endowed with great riches you embraced lady poverty that you might serve the Lord…
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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 16 - Prayer to St. Gertrude
O blessed mystic of Jesus, you were saved by Him from a life of vain pursuit of the things and thoughts of this world to find union with His Sacred Heart…
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November 16 - Prayer to St. Margaret of Scotland
O devout mother and queen whose concern was ever for your children and your people, that they might ever be fed in body and in soul and so grow unto the…
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November 16 - Sunday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year C
(Mal.3:19-20; Ps.98:5-9; 2Thes.3:7-12; Lk.21:5-19) "For you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays." The end comes. The…
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November 15 - Prayer to St. Albert the Great
O patron of scientists and philosophers, you of brilliant mind who taught with both human and divine wisdom, who led your students to deeper and purer…
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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 - Prayer to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
O mother of the faith and helper of the stranger in the New World, you sought with great diligence to preserve the true religion in a land hostile to Mother…
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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 - Prayer to St. Josaphat
O shepherd thirsty for souls, whose only desire was the unity of the Church under Christ her King and on the Rock of Peter… for this cause you gave your life…
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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 - Prayer to St. Martin of Tours
O sacrificial shepherd, you gave your life for your flock; a poor and humble man, you gathered the poor and humble of the Lord into the arms of His Church…
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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 - Prayer to St. Leo the Great
O true Pastor of God's Church, defender of the faith from forces without and within her walls, you proved that this House founded by Christ the Lord shall…
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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 9 - Dedication of St. John Lateran
(Ez.47:1-2,8-9,12; Ps.46:1-3,5-6,8-9; 1Cor.3:9c-11,16-17; Jn.2:13-22) "There is a stream whose runlets gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most…
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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 - Prayer to St. Charles Borromeo
O defender of the Catholic faith in which all the saints make their home, O great pastor of souls, shepherd of Christ's flock, who would see all enter fully…
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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 - Prayer to St. Martin de Porres
O humble and charitable soul whose healing hands served the poor and all those the Lord placed in your care, with great love you looked upon Christ on the…
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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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November 2 - All Souls
(Wis.3:1-9; Ps.23:1-6; 1Cor.15:51-57; Jn.6:37-40 Note: there are any number of readings possible for this day) "The souls of the just are in the hand of God…
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November 1 - Prayer to All Saints
O God's holy ones, His apostles and martyrs, His virgins and confessors, all who have borne witness to Him with your lives, who have washed your robes in His…
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November 1 - All Saints
(Rv.7:2-4,9-14; Ps.24:1-6; 1Jn.3:1-3; Mt.5:1-12) "Everyone who has this hope based on Him makes himself pure, as He is pure." All our readings speak of this…
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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 26 - Sunday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year C
(Sir.35:12-14,16-18; Ps.34:2-3,7,17-19,23; 2Tm.4:6-8,16-18; Lk.18:9-14) "O God, be merciful to me a sinner." "The one who humbles himself will be exalted," for…
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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 19 - Sunday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year C
(Ex.17:8-13; Ps.121:1-8; 2Tm.3:14-4:2; Lk.18:1-8) "Call out to Him day and night." How faithful is the Lord. How true is He. As our psalmist so well states…
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October 18 - St. Luke
(2Tm.4:9-17; Ps.145:10-13,17-18; Lk.10:1-9) "The Lord stood by my side and gave me strength, so that through me the preaching task might be completed and all…
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October 17 - Prayer to St. Ignatius of Antioch
O wheat of Christ ground by the teeth of wild beasts and so made His bread, His leaven unto Heaven… by such heroic witness you became one with the Lord…
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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…