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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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February 10 - Prayer to St. Scholastica
O innocent soul, pure as an angel, meek as a lamb, from slavery you were taken to the house of God, where freedom you found in faith in the Lord – pray for the…
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February 10 - Tuesday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.8:22-23,27-30; Ps.84:2-5,10-11; Mk.7:1-13) "Can it indeed be that God dwells among men on earth?" Well does Solomon do in stating, "If the heavens and…
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February 9 - Monday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.8:1-7,9-13; Ps.132:6-10; Mk.6:53-56) "Let us enter into His dwelling, let us worship at His footstool." "Advance, O Lord, to your resting place, you and…
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February 8 - Prayer to St. Josephine Bakhita
O innocent soul, pure as an angel, meek as a lamb, from slavery you were taken to the house of God, where freedom you found in faith in the Lord – pray for the…
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February 8 - Prayer to St. Jerome Emiliani
O soldier for the Lord and servant of the poor who trusted in God alone and gave your life for those in need – may we, too, become friends of the one Lord…
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February 8 - Sunday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
"Your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father." And how shall "your light break forth like the dawn"…
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February 7 - Saturday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.3:4-13; Ps.119:9-14; Mk.6:30-34) "He began to teach them at great length." "Who is able to govern this vast people of yours?" Solomon asks in his plea to…
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February 6 - Prayer to St. Paul Miki and Companions
O proclaimers of the faith even unto death, death on a cross, you who have followed in the way of our Lord so completely, loving your enemies even as they…
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February 6 - Friday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Sir.47:2-11; Ps.18:31,47,50-51; Mk.6:14-29) "Herod feared John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man." O how the Lord has given power to His great men…
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February 5 - Prayer to St. Agatha
O good child of God who gave your life so willingly for the sake of Christ and so wore His holy blood upon your robes, you who were blessed to remain ever…
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February 5 - Thursday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.2:1-4,10-12; 1Chr.29:10-12; Mk.6:7-13) "Yours, O Lord, is the sovereignty; you are exalted as head over all." Solomon begins his reign, and the apostles…
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February 4 - Wednesday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.24:2,9-17; Ps.32:1-2,5-7, Mk.6:1-6) "I acknowledged my sin to you; my guilt I covered not." The Lord can heal only those who believe in Him, who turn to…
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February 3 - Prayer to St. Ansgar
O bringer of light to many nations, you who struggled on for the souls placed in your care that all might know the Christ for whom you toiled, endlessly…
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February 3 - Prayer to St. Blaise
O shepherd whom we invoke for the healing of throats, you who suffered torments for the sake of the Name and embraced death as leader of His flock – open our…
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February 3 - Tuesday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.18:9-10,14,24-25,30-19:3; Ps.86:1-6; Mk.5:21-43) "Hearken, O Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the sound of my pleading." Today in our readings we hear of…
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February 2 - Presentation of the Lord
(Mal.3:1-4; Ps.24:7-10; Heb.2:14-18; Lk.2:22-40) "Suddenly there will come to the temple the Lord whom you seek." "And He will purify the sons of Levi…
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February 1 - Sunday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Jer.1:4-5,17-19; Ps.71:1-6,15,17; 1Cor.12:31-13:13; Lk.4:21-30) "I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord." When God calls Jeremiah to prophesy "against…
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January 31 - Prayer to St. John Bosco
O teacher and father of the children in your care, in whose hands they were not abandoned but held in patience by Christ's love – teach us, too, to have that…
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January 31 - Saturday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.12:1-7,10-17; Ps.51:12-17; Mk.4:35-41) "I have sinned against the Lord." David is the man who "took the poor man's ewe lamb and made a meal of it for his…
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January 30 - Friday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.11:1-10,13-17; Ps.51:3-7,10-11; Mk.4:26-34) "The seed sprouts and grows without his knowing how it happens." Jesus in our gospel tells us of the kingdom…
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January 29 - Thursday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.7:18-19,24-29; Ps.132:1-2,3-5,11-14,Lk.1:32; Mk.4:21-25) "If your sons keep my covenant and the decrees which I shall teach them, their sons, too, forever…
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January 28 - Prayer to St. Thomas Aquinas
O wise doctor of the Church who ate the bread of angels in your long hours of prayer and study and writing and shared with us the knowledge you gained of the…
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January 28 - Wednesday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.7:4-17; Ps.89:4-5,27-30; Mk.4:1-20) "Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever." David seems intent…
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January 27 - Prayer to St. Angela Merici
O holy virgin and spiritual mother to the poorest of girls, whom you protected and guided in wisdom and love, keeping them from the snares of the world and…
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January 27 - Tuesday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.6:12-15,17-19; Ps.24:7-10; Mk.3:31-35) "Lift up, O gates, your lintels; reach up, you ancient portals, that the King of glory may come in!" In our first…
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January 26 - Prayer to Sts. Timothy and Titus
O blessed disciples of Paul and shepherds of the Church who imitated so well your father in the faith who imitated only the Lord Jesus Christ and thirsted for…
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January 26 - Monday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.5:1-7,10; Ps.89:20-22,25-26; Mk.3:22-30) "Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven." How different are the scribes who come to…
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January 25 - Prayer on the Conversion of St. Paul
O you who persecuted the Church of God but then preached the faith in earnest, you upon whom abundant mercy fell, whose weakness became strength as each day in…
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January 25 - Sunday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Is.8:23-9:3; Ps.27:1,4,13-14; 1Cor.1:10-13,17; Mt.4:12-23) "Light has arisen." "Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness: for there is no gloom where but…
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January 24 - Prayer to St. Francis de Sales
O most devout spiritual guide, great pastor of your flock and of all souls, you who speak to us even this day with your words of wisdom and blessed direction –…
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January 24 - Saturday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.1:1-4,11-12,19,23-27; Ps.80:2-7; Mk.3:20-21) "They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan." For David's leading his men…
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January 23 - St. Marianne Cope
O lover of the least, the most wretched of society, whom you embraced when no one else would; how like St. Francis you were in your care for the lepers, in…
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January 23 - Prayer to St. Vincent
O martyr of the Lord extraordinaire who suffered unspeakable torture but was not bowed by such savagery, who spoke of great faith, singing of God's glory even…
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January 23 - Friday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.24:3-21; Ps.57:2-4,6,11; Mk.3:13-19) "Sovereignty over Israel shall come into your possession." Today we see David at perhaps his most humble and obedient…
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January 22 - Thursday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.18:6-9,19:1-7; Ps.56:2-3,5,9-14; Mk.3:7-12) "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands." And Jesus His millions. He slays an untold number…
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January 21 - Prayer to St. Agnes
O holy virgin martyr, O innocent child who offered your life more freely than a bride to her husband, more courageously than a warrior in battle, who though…
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January 21 - Wednesday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.17:32-33,37,40-51; Ps.144:1-2,9-10; Mk.3:1-6) "You come against me with sword and spear and scimitar, but I come against you in the name of the Lord."…
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January 20 - Prayer to St. Sebastian
O soldier for Christ who sought with such courage to embrace His Cross, to die a death worthy of such a Lord, you whose heart was so set on imitating the…
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January 20 - Prayer to St. Fabian
O Holy Father of the Church, Pastor of the sheep of our Lord who have given your life freely for the name of Christ and its spreading throughout the earth, you…
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January 20 - Tuesday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.16:1-13; Ps.89:20-22,27-28; Mk.2:23-28) "Man sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart." Indeed, how different the vision of God from the…
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January 19 - Monday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.15:16-23; Ps.50:8-9,16-17,21,23; Mk.2:18-22) "Does the Lord so delight in holocausts and sacrifices as in obedience to the command of the Lord? The answer…
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January 18 - Sunday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Is.49:3,5-6; Ps.40:2,4,7-10; 1Cor.1:1-3; Jn.1:29-34) "I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength!" John the Baptist testifies…
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January 17 - Prayer to St. Anthony the Abbot
O father of monks and all who would give themselves completely to the Lord, you who have been so obedient to the word of God, to His call to sell everything…
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January 17 - Saturday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.9:1-4,17-19,10:1; Ps.21:2-7; Mk.2:13-17) "You are to govern the Lord's people Israel, and to save them from the grasp of their enemies round about." Tall…
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January 16 - Friday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.8:4-7,10-22; Ps.89:2,16-19; Mk.2:1-12) "We have never seen anything like this!" What the Lord can do, no one else is able to do – no king, no prophet, no…
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January 15 - Thursday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.4:1-11; Ps.44:10-11,14-15,24-25,27; Mk.1:40-45) "Our souls are bowed down to the dust; our bodies are pressed to the earth." The Israelites suffer "a…
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January 14 - Wednesday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.3:1-10,19-20; Ps.40:2-5,7-10; Mk.1:29-39) "To do your will, O Lord, is my delight." O how Samuel shows the "ears open to obedience" we all must have. For…
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January 13 - Prayer to St. Hilary
O shepherd and doctor of God's holy Church, is this not what you would declare with all your breath to the ends of the earth: "Jesus is the Son of God and God…
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January 13 - Tuesday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.1:9-20; 1Sm.2:1,4-8; Mk.1:21-28) "May the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of Him." For He holds all authority. "He gives orders to unclean…
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January 12 - Monday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Sm.1:1-8; Ps.116:12-19; Mk.1:14-20) "Hannah was childless." And so she would "weep and refuse to eat," for it was "a constant reproach to her that the Lord…
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January 11 - Baptism of the Lord, Year A
(Is.42:1-4,6-7; Ps.29:1-4,9-11; Acts 10:34-38; Mt.3:13-17) "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power." And so He anoints us all in the…
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January 10 - Saturday after Epiphany
(1Jn.5:14-21; Ps.149:1-6,9; Jn.3:22-30) "The Son of God has come and has given us discernment to recognize the One who is true." John's disciples had…
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January 9 - Friday after Epiphany
(1Jn.5:5-13; Ps.147:12-15,19-20; Lk.5:12-16) "Whoever possesses the Son possesses life." What does our psalmist mean when he sings: "He has granted peace in…
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January 8 - Thursday after Epiphany
(1Jn.4:19-5:4; Ps.72:1-2,11,14-15,17; Lk.4:14-22) "Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." Today the Son has come into our midst. Today He…
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January 7 - Prayer to St. Raymond of Penafort
O redeemer of captive slaves, those enslaved to sin and those enslaved by the clutches of the world – preach to us this day the freedom found under the Cross…
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January 7 - Wednesday after Epiphany
(1Jn.4:11-18; Ps.72:1-2,10,12-13; Mk.6:45-52) "If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is brought to perfection in us." Jesus has just fed the…
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January 6 - Prayer to St. Andre Bessette
O friend of the lowly, humble child of St. Joseph, servant of the poor and counsel to the afflicted through whom the Lord worked miracles… how He blessed your…
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January 6 - Tuesday after Epiphany
(1Jn.4:7-10, Ps.72:1-4,7-8,11; Mk.6:34-44) "Justice shall flower in His days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more." Our psalm (of Solomon, the king of…
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January 5 - Prayer to St. John Neumann
O shepherd who walked in the humble stead of your flock, who worked so diligently among those in your care, speaking to their hearts; you who gathered into…
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January 5 - Monday after Epiphany
(1Jn.3:22-4:6; Ps.2:7-8,10-11; Mt.4:12-17,23-25) "Every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh belongs to God." And for every spirit that…