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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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January 19 - Sunday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year C
(Is.62:1-5; Ps.96:1-3,7-10; 1Cor.12:4-11; Jn.2:1-11) "As a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you." "There was a wedding at Cana in…
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January 18 - Saturday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Heb.4:12-16; Ps.19:8-10,15,Jn.6:63; Mk.2:13-17) "Nothing is concealed from Him." In God's eyes all men are sinners; this is what His penetrating vision cannot…
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January 17 - Friday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Heb.4:1-5,11; Ps.78:3-4,6-8; Mk.2:1-12) "The promise of entrance into His rest still holds." But only those with faith in Him shall be made whole. Paul says…
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January 16 - Thursday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Heb.3:7-14; Ps.95:6-11; Mk.1:40-45) "Today, if you should hear His voice, harden not your hearts." Today we see Jesus continuing His healing ministry, and we…
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January 15 - Wednesday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Heb.2:14-18; Ps.105:1-4,6-9; Mk.1:29-39) "Since He Himself was tested through what He suffered, He is able to help those who are tempted." And help them He…
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January 14 - Tuesday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Heb.2:5-12; Ps.8:2,5-9; Mk.1:21-28) "A completely new teaching in a spirit of authority!" Thus do the people exclaim at the power of the word which issues…
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January 13 - Monday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Heb.1:1-6; Ps.97:1-2,6-7,9; Mk.1:14-20) "This is the time of fulfillment." Brothers and sisters, no longer does God speak to us "in fragmentary and varied…
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January 12 - Baptism of the Lord, Year C
(Is.40:1-5,9-11; Ps.104:1-4,24-25,27-30; Ti.2:11-14,3:4-7; Lk.3:15-16,21-22) "Heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a…
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January 4 - before Epiphany
(1Jn.3:7-10; Ps.98:1,3,7-9; Jn.1:35-42) "When Jesus turned around and noticed them following Him, He asked them, 'What are you looking for?'" Brothers and…
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December 29 - Holy Family, Year C
(1Sm.1:1:20-22,24-28; Ps.84:2-3,5-6,9-10; 1Jn.3:1-2,21-24; Lk.2:41-52) "Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" If Hannah says of Samuel, "As…
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December 28 - Prayer to the Holy Innocents
O innocent martyrs of the Christ who gave your lives from the cradle for Him who carries the Cross, who suffered and died in His place even before His…
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December 28 - The Holy Innocents
(1Jn.1:5-2:2; Ps.124:2-5,7-8; Mt.2:13-18) "The blood of His Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin." And as martyrs of the Church, these innocent children…
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December 22 - 4th Sunday of Advent, Year C
(Mi.5:1-4a; Ps.80:2-4,15-16,18-19; Heb.10:5-10; Lk.1:39-45) "Blessed is the fruit of your womb." From the womb of Bethlehem-Ephrathah, from the womb of Judah…
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December 21 - Second Part of Advent
(Sgs.2:8-14 or Zep.3:14-18; Ps.33:1-3,11-12,20-21; Lk.1:39-45) "Let me see you, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and you are lovely." "Who am I…
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December 15 - Sunday of the 3rd Week of Advent, Year C
(Zep.3:14-18a; Is.12:2-6; Phil.4:4-7; Lk.3:10-18) "Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: Rejoice!" "Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully…
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December 13 - Friday of the 2nd Week of Advent
(Is.48:17-19; Ps.1:1-4,6,Jn.8:12; Mt.11:16-19) "Time will prove where wisdom lies." No doubt it lies with God. It lies with the Son of Man, come for our…
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December 8 - Sunday of the 2nd Week of Advent, Year C
(Bar.5:1-9; Ps.126:1-6; Phil.1:4-6,8-11; Lk.3:1-6) "All flesh shall see the salvation of God." Yes, at a particular point in time, in the year delineated so…
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December 1 - Sunday of the 1st Week of Advent, Year C
(Jer.33:14-16; Ps.25:4-5,8-10,14; 1Thes.3:12-4:2; Lk.21:25-28,34-36) "You are God my savior, and for you I wait all the day." So does David sing of the "just…
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November 30 - St. Andrew
(Rm.10:9-18; Ps.19:2-5; Mt.4:18-22) "How beautiful are the feet of those who announce good news!" Alleluia! We must have "faith in the heart" and "confess with…
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November 29 - Friday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.20:1-4,11-21:2; Ps.84:3-6,8,Rv.21:3; Lk.21:29-33) "The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass." Indeed John tells us of his…
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November 28 - Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.18:1-2,21-23,19:1-3,9; Ps.100:2-5; Lk.21:20-28) "These indeed will be days of retribution, when all that is written must be fulfilled." The destruction of…
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November 27 - Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.15:1-4; Ps.98:1-3,7-9,Rv.15:13; Lk.21:12-19) "By patient endurance you will save your lives." Jesus tells His disciples bluntly: "People will manhandle and…
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November 26 - Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.14:14-19; Ps.96:10-13; Lk.21:5-11) "Use your sickle and cut down the harvest, for now is the time to reap." Brothers and sisters, you will "hear of wars…
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November 25 - Monday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.14:1-5; Ps.24:1-6; Lk.21:1-4) "They are pure and follow the Lamb wherever He goes." Here is answered most definitively the question David sings: "Who can…
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November 24 - Christ the King Sunday, Year B
(Dn.7:13-14; Ps.93:1-2,5; Rv.1:5-8; Jn.18:33b-37) "My kingdom does not belong to this world." "The Lord is King, in splendor robed," our psalmist cries. "King"…
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November 23 - Saturday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.11:4-12; Ps.144:1,2,9-10; Lk.20:27-40) "After three and a half days, the breath of life which comes from God returned to them." And these his two witnesses…
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November 22 - Friday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.10:8-11; Ps.119:14,24,72,103,111,131; Lk.19:45-48) "I gasp with open mouth in my yearning for your commands." In our first reading, John is told to "take…
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November 21 - Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.5:1-10; Ps.149:1-6,9,Rv.5:10; Lk.19:41-44) "Do not weep. The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has won the right by His victory to open the…
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November 20 - Wednesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.4:1-11; Ps.150:1-6,Rv.4:8; Lk.19:11-28) "O Lord our God, you are worthy to receive glory and honor and power." "A man of noble birth went to a faraway…
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November 19 - Tuesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.3:1-6,14-22; Ps.15:2-5,Rv.3:21; Lk.19:1-10) "Today salvation has come to this house." To two of His houses, two of His seven churches, does the Lord speak…
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November 18 - Monday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Rv.1:1-4,2:1-5; Ps.1:1-4,6,Rv.2:7; Lk.18:35-43) "Jesus of Nazareth was passing by." A blind man sat begging by the side of the road. "Hearing a crowd go by…
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November 17 - Sunday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Dn.12:1-3; Ps.16:5,8-11; Heb.10:11-14,18; Mk.13:24-32) "He will send out the angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the…
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November 16 - Saturday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(3Jn.5-8; Ps.112:1-6; Lk.18:1-8) "When the Son of Man comes, will He find any faith on the earth?" So beset by weakness are we on this earth, brothers and…
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November 15 - Friday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Jn.4-9; Ps.119:1-2,10-11,17-18; Lk.17:26-37) "Anyone who remains rooted in the teaching possesses both the Father and the Son." While "anyone who is so…
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November 14 - Thursday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Philm.7-20; Ps.146:7-10; Lk.17:20-25) "The reign of God is already in your midst." Brothers and sisters, Jesus the Christ has come, He has "suffer[ed] much…
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November 13 - Wednesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ti.3:1-7; Ps.23:1-6; Lk.17:11-19) "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" Such is the cry of the ten lepers standing at a distance from the Lord. And such is the…
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November 12 - Tuesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ti.2:1-8,11-14; Ps.37:3-4,18,23,27,29,39; Lk.17:7-10) "Live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age." Brothers and sisters, be "eager to do what is…
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November 11 - Monday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ti.1:1-9; Ps.24:1-6; Lk.17:1-6) "Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?" "He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is…
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November 10 - Sunday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(1Kgs.17:10-16; Ps.146:1,7-10; Heb.9:24-28; Mk.12:38-44) "She, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood." Jesus sits in the temple…
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November 8 - Friday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Phil.3:17-4:1; Ps.122:1-5; Lk.16:1-8) "We have our citizenship in heaven." Brothers and sisters, we are not among "those who are set upon the things of this…
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November 7 - Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Phil.3:3-8; Ps.105:2-7; Lk.15:1-10) "I have come to rate all as loss in the light of the surpassing knowledge of my Lord Jesus Christ." Paul tells us, "Those…
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November 6 - Wednesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Phil.2:12-18; Ps.27:1,4,13-14; Lk.14:25-33) "Work with anxious concern to achieve your salvation." Strive we must always to attain the kingdom of God, setting…
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November 5 - Tuesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Phil.2:5-11; Ps.22:26-32; Lk.14:15-24) "The lowly shall eat their fill." Yes, "happy is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God." Indeed, he shall have his…
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November 4 - Monday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Phil.2:1-4; Ps.131:1-3; Lk.14:12-14) "Let all parties think humbly of others as superior to themselves, each of you looking to others' interests rather than…
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November 3 - Sunday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Dt.6:2-6; Ps.18:2-4,47,51; Heb.7:23-28; Mk.12:28-34) "You are not far from the kingdom of God." If you "fear the Lord, your God, and keep, throughout the days…
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October 30 - Wednesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Eph.6:1-9; Ps.145:10-14; Lk.13:22-30) "Do God's will with your whole heart as slaves of Christ." These words Paul addresses to the slaves of his time…
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October 27 - Sunday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Jer.31:7-9; Ps.126:1-6; Heb.5:1-6; Mk.10:46-52) "They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide them." Through Jeremiah the Lord prophesies that…
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October 20 - Sunday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Is.53:10-11; Ps.33:4-5,18-20,22; Heb.4:14-16; Mk.10:35-45) "We have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God." And this…
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October 13 - Sunday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Wis.7:7-11; Ps.90:12-17; Heb.4:12-13; Mk.10:17-30) "The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword." "Penetrating even between soul…
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October 6 - Sunday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Gn.2:18-24; Ps.128:1-6; Heb.2:9-11; Mk.10:2-16) "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." The beauty and blessing of marriage, the…
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October 1 - Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Job 3:1-3,11-17,20-23; Ps.88:2-8; Lk.9:51-56) "My soul is surfeited with troubles and my life draws near to the netherworld." After sitting in silence seven…
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September 29 - Sunday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Nm.11:25-29; Ps.19:8-10,12-14; Jas.5:1-6; Mk.9:38-43,45,47-48) "Would that all the people to the Lord were prophets! Would that the Lord might bestow His…
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September 23 - Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Prv.3:27-34; Ps.15:1-5; Lk.8:16-18) "The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, but the dwelling of the just He blesses." Light fills the house of…
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September 22 - Sunday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Ws.2:12,17-20; Ps.54:3-8; Jas.3:16-4:3; Mk.9:30-37) "Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice." And can there be…
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September 15 - Sunday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Is.50:5-9a; Ps.116:1-6,8-9; Jas.2:14-18; Mk.8:27-35) "I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living." A simple enough statement made by our psalmist…
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September 10 - Tuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Cor.6:1-11; Ps.149:1-6,9; Lk.6:12-19) "You have been washed, consecrated, justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God." Yes…
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September 8 - Sunday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Is.35:4-7a; Ps.146:2,6-10; Jas.2:1-5; Mk.7:31-37) "He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." The Lord makes all whole. He "sets captives free" from all…
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September 1 - Sunday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Dt.4:1-2,6-8; Ps.15:1-5; Jas.1:17-18,21b-22,27; Mk.7:1-8,14-15,21-23) "Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls."…
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August 26 - Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Thes.1:1-5,11-12; Ps.96:1-5; Mt.23:13-22) "Which is more important, the offering or the altar which makes the offering sacred?" The Pharisees in their…
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August 25 - Sunday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Jos.24:1-2a,15-17,18b; Ps.34:2-3,9,16-21; Eph.5:21-32; Jn.6:60-69) "Do you also want to leave?" How like the questions pertaining to the marriage vows is our…