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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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March 26 - Thursday of the 5th Week of Lent
(Gn.17:3-9; Ps.105:4-9; Jn.8:51-59) "Before Abraham came to be, I AM." Abraham is a great man, the blessed patriarch, to whom God made the promise: "I will…
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March 25 - Prayer on the Annunciation
O chosen one of the Lord, how well you answered His call, giving yourself entirely to the angel's word and so conceiving in your womb the salvation of the…
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March 25 - The Annunciation
(Is.7:10-14,8:10; Ps.40:7-11; Heb.10:4-10; Lk.1:26-38) "Behold, I come to do your will." Today we celebrate the fact that the Word became flesh, that God…
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March 24 - Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent
(Nm.21:4-9; Ps.102:2-3,16-21; Jn.8:21-30) "From heaven He beheld the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die." As the Lord…
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March 23 - Prayer to St. Turibius de Mogrovejo
O missionary shepherd whose love for the truth was a love for Christ and a desire for your flock to know Him and the way to glorify God, you who gave yourself…
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March 23 - Monday of the 5th Week of Lent, Year A/B
(Dn.13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62; Ps.23:1-6; Jn.8:1-11) "Let the man among you who has no sin be the first to cast a stone at her." "Then the audience drifted away…
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March 22 - Sunday of the 5th Week of Lent, Year A
(Ez.37:12-14; Ps.130:1-8; Rom.8:8-11; Jn.11:1-45) "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who…
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March 21 - Saturday of the 4th Week of Lent
(Jer.11:18-20; Ps.7:2-3,9-12; Jn.7:40-53) "Let us destroy the tree in its vigor; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be…
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March 20 - Friday of the 4th Week of Lent
(Ws.2:1,12-22; Ps.34:17-21,23; Jn.7:1-2,10,25-30) "He calls blest the destiny of the just and boasts that God is His Father." And for such He shall be…
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March 19 - Prayer to St. Joseph, Husband of Mary
O righteous man called by God to be foster-father of His only Son and protector of His Mother, you who were obedient to the Spirit, who took Jesus by the hand…
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March 19 - St. Joseph, Husband of Mary
(2Sm.7:4-5,12-14a,16; Ps.89:2-5,27,29,37; Rom.4:13,16-18,22; Mt.1:16,18-21,24a or Lk.2:41-51a) "I will be a father to him, and he shall be my son." It is…
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March 18 - Prayer to St. Cyril of Jerusalem
O steadfast teacher of the faith whom exile could not keep from proclaiming the truths of Scripture and the Church, whose pastoral zeal called souls to the…
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March 18 - Wednesday of the 4th Week of Lent
(Is. 49:8-15; Ps.145:8-9,13-14,17-18; Jn.5:17-30) "Just as the Father possesses life in Himself, so He has granted it to the Son to have life in Himself." Here…
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March 17 - Prayer to St. Patrick
O great apostle to the nations who gave up your birthright of freedom for the benefit of others, who went forth in faith, Christ ever above you and before you…
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March 17 - Tuesday of the 4th Week of Lent
(Ez.47:1-9,12; Ps.46:2-3,5-6,8-9; Jn.5:1-3,5-16) "There is a stream whose runlets gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High." Brothers and…
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March 16 - Monday of the 4th Week of Lent
(Is.65:17-21; Ps.30:2,4-6,11-13; Jn.4:43-54) "You changed my mourning into dancing." Here in the midst of Lent we find the purpose of all our suffering, the…
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March 15 - Sunday of the 4th Week of Lent, Year A
(1Sm.16:1b,6-7,10-13a; Ps.23:1-6; Eph.5:8-14; Jn.9:1-41) "I am the light of the world." And by that light alone we see. By this light which comes from God we…
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March 14 - Saturday of the 3rd Week of Lent
(Hos.6:1-6; Ps.51:3-4,18-21,Hos.6:6; Lk.18:9-14) "As certain as the dawn is His coming, and His judgment shines forth like the light of day!" It is night…
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March 13 - Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent
(Hos.14:2-10; Ps.81:6-11,14,17; Mk.12:28-34) "Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!" "There is no other than He," and so what should we do but "love…
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March 12 - Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent
(Jer.7:23-28; Ps.95:1-2,6-9; Lk.11:14-23) "They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turned their backs, not their faces, to me." The Lord calls His…
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March 11 - Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent
(Dt.4:1,5-9; Ps.147:12-13,15-16,19-20; Mt.5:17-19) "What great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law?" "He has proclaimed His word…
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March 10 - Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Lent
(Dn.3:25,34-43; Ps.25:4-9; Mt.18:21-35) "With contrite heart and humble spirit let us be received." The Lord "guides the humble to justice, He teaches the…
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March 9 - Prayer to St. Frances of Rome
O patient and loving soul who cared for both the physical and spiritual needs of the poor and the sick, who with a gentle word would rebuke sins and heal…
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March 9 - Monday of the 3rd Week of Lent
(2Kgs.5:1-15; Ps.42:2-3,43:3-4; Lk.4:24-30) "There is no God in all the earth, except in Israel." "There is a prophet in Israel," brothers and sisters, and…
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March 8 - Prayer to St. John of God
O servant of love whom the angels knew to be of God for your blessed care of the poor and the sick and all the needy pilgrims who came to you in abundance that…
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March 8 - Sunday of the 3rd Week of Lent, Year A
(Ex.17:3-7; Ps.95:1-2,6-9; Rom.5:1-2,5-8; Jn.4:5-42) "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will…
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March 7 - Prayer to Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
O blessed martyrs who willingly and happily suffered a cruel death by the teeth of beasts and the point of a sword, all for love of Jesus – how can we match…
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March 7 - Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent
(Mic.7:14-15,18-20; Ps.103:1-4,8-12; Lk.15:1-3,11-32) "While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him and was deeply moved." "He ran out to…
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March 6 - Friday of the 2nd Week of Lent
(Gn.37:3-4,12-13,17-28; Ps.105:5,16-21; Mt.21:33-43,45-46) "They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver." "The stone which the builders…
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March 5 - Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent
(Jer.17:5-10; Ps.1:1-4,6,40:5; Lk.16:19-31) "He is like a tree planted beside the waters, that stretches out its roots to the stream." "Blessed is the man who…
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March 4 - Prayer to St. Casimir
O patron of the impoverished who though son of a king counted yourself among the poor in spirit, you whose love abundantly flowed to all in need, who sought…
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March 4 - Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
(Jer.18:18-20; Ps.31:5-6,14-17; Mt.20:17-28) "Can you drink of the cup I am to drink of?" Do you know what He asks, brothers and sisters? And do you know where…
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March 3 - Prayer to St. Katharine Drexel
O mother to the poor and disadvantaged, missionary to those in your own country isolated from their neighbors because of the color of their skin, some who…
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March 3 - Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
(Is.1:10,16-20; Ps.50:8-9,16-17,21,23; Mt.23:1-12) "To him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God." "Put away your misdeeds from before my…
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March 2 - Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent
(Dn.9:4-10; Ps.79:8-9,11,13,103:10; Lk.6:36-38) "Deliver us and pardon our sins for your name's sake." It is a cry for forgiveness our psalmist makes to our…
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March 1 - Sunday of the 2nd Week of Lent, Year A
(Gn.12:1-4a; Ps.33:4-5,18-20,22; 2Tm.1:8b-10; Mt.17:1-9) "Rise, and do not be afraid." Here in the midst of the darkness we drink in during this Lenten Season…
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February 28 - Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent
(Dt.26:16-19; Ps.119:1-2,4-5,7-8; Mt.5:43-48) "You will be a people sacred to the Lord, your God." The promise made to the Israelites through Moses is also a…
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February 27 - Friday of the 1st Week of Lent
(Ez.18:21-28; Ps.130:1-8; Mt.5:20-26) "Settle with your opponent while on your way to court with him." We are all on our way to court, brothers and sisters…
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February 26 - Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent
(Est.C:12,14-16,23-25; Ps.138:1-3,7-8; Mt.7:7-12) "My Lord, our King, you alone are God. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you." In our gospel we have…
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February 25 - Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent
(Jon.3:1-10; Ps.51:3-4,12-13,18-19; Lk.11:29-32) "At the preaching of Jonah they reformed." Let us learn from the people of Ninevah, who heeded the message of…
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February 24 - Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent
(Is.55:10-11; Ps.34:4-7,16-19; Mt.6:7-15) "Give us today our daily bread." Our daily bread comes from the mouth of God; it is His Word that nourishes us. His…
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February 23 - Prayer to St. Polycarp
O disciple of John and shepherd who drank deeply of the cup of Christ's suffering, you who bore both the burden of a long life and the pain of a violent death…
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February 23 - Monday of the 1st Week of Lent
(Lv.19:1-2,11-18; Ps.19:8-10,15,Jn.6:63; Mt.25:31-46) "As often as you did it for one of my least brothers, you did it for me." "You shall love your neighbor…
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February 22- Prayer on the Chair of St. Peter
O Rock of the Church, leader of God's people to whom the Father has revealed the divinity of His Son and on whom the Son has therefore built His Church, giving…
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February 22 - Sunday of the 1st Week of Lent, Year A
(Gn.2:7-9,3:1-7; Ps.51:3-6,12-14,17; Rm.5:12-19; Mt.4:1-11) "Just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so, through the…
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February 21 - Prayer to St. Peter Damian
O blessed reformer of the Church who by a holy austerity cleansed your soul of the corruption of this world and served by example to lead others to a religious…
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February 21 - Saturday after Ash Wednesday
(Is.58:9-14; Ps.86:1-6,11; Lk.5:27-32) "Repairer of the breach," they shall call you, "restorer of ruined homesteads." "Levi gave a great reception for Jesus…
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February 20 - Friday after Ash Wednesday
(Is.58:1-9; Ps.51:3-6,18-19; Mt.9:14-15) "Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high!" Brothers and sisters, in this day of fasting…
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February 19 - Thursday after Ash Wednesday
(Dt.30:15-20; Ps.1:1-4,6,39:5; Lk.9:22-25) "The Lord watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes." In our first reading, Moses makes…
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March 18 - Ash Wednesday
(Jl.2:12-18; Ps.51:3-6,12-14,17; 2Cor.5:20-6:2; Mt.6:1-6,16-18) "Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and…
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February 17 - Prayer to the Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
O seven men who lived as one in service of the Lord under the mantle of Our Lady, you who left everything of this world, all you bought and sold, that you…
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February 17 - Tuesday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jas.1:12-18; Ps.94:12-15,18-19; Mk.8:14-21) "He wills to bring us to birth with a word spoken in truth." But how deaf we are to His speaking. The disciples…
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February 16 - Monday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jas.1:1-11; Ps.119:67-68,71-72,75-77; Mk.8:11-13) "Count it pure joy when you are involved in every sort of trial." How well James explicates the wisdom of…
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February 15 - Sunday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Sir.15:15-20; Ps.119:1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34; 1Cor.2:6-10; Mt.5:17-37) "Oh, that I might be firm in the ways of keeping your statutes!" The clear theme of today's…
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February 14 - Prayer to Sts. Cyril and Methodius
O brothers in the faith who brought that same faith to the peoples entrusted to your care, who extended the reach of the Church, gathering in lands under her…
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February 14 - Saturday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.12:26-32,13:33-34; Ps.106:4,6-7,19-22; Mk.8:1-10) "Whoever desired it was consecrated and became a priest of the high places." For this sin "the house of…
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February 13 - Friday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.11:29-32,12:19; Ps.81:9-15; Mk.7:31-37) "My people heard not my voice, and Israel obeyed me not; so I gave them up to the hardness of their hearts." The…
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February 12 - Thursday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.11:4-13; Ps.106:3-4,35-37,40; Mk.7:24-30) "It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." Jesus speaks these words to a…
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February 11 - Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes
O lovely Lady who appeared to Bernadette, Mary, Blessed Virgin and Mother of our Lord – let our eyes, too, see your beauty and hear your voice calling us to…
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February 11 - Wednesday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.10:1-10; Ps.37:5-6,30-31,39-40; Mk.7:14-23) "The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom and his tongue utters what is right." Today in our readings we…