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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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August 18 - Sunday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Prv.9:1-6; Ps.34:2-7; Eph.5:15-20; Jn.6:51-58) "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink of His blood, you do not have…
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August 17 - Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.18:1-10,13,30-32; Ps.51:12-15,18-19; Mt.19:13-15) "Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new…
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August 12 - Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.1:2-5,24-28; Ps.148:1-2,11-14; Mt.17:22-27) "His majesty is above earth and heaven." Gleaming like gold or silver, shining forth like burning fire…
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August 11 - Sunday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(1Kgs.19:4-8; Ps.34:2-9; Eph.4:30-5:2; Jn.6:41-51) "Strengthened by that food he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb." As the…
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August 8 - Thursday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.31:31-34; Ps.51:12-15,18-19; Mt.16:13-23) "I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah." Do not the days come to pass, is…
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August 6 - Tuesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II B and C
(Jer.30:1-2,12-15,18-22; Ps.102:16-23,29; Mt.14:22-36) "His assembly before me shall stand firm." The words of the prophet Jeremiah are fulfilled in the…
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August 5 - Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II B & C
(Jer.28:1-17; Ps.119:29,43,68,79-80,95,102; Mt.14:13-21) "Take not the word of truth from my mouth, for in your ordinances is my hope." The word of truth is…
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August 4 - Sunday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Ex.16:2-4,12-15; Ps.78:3-4,23-25,54; Eph.4:17,20-24; Jn.6:24-35) "Do not work for food that perishes but for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son…
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July 28 - Sunday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(2Kgs.4:42-44; Ps.145:10-11,15-18; Eph.4:1-6; Jn.6:1-15) "They shall eat and there shall be some left over." O Lord, "the eyes of all look hopefully to you…
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July 27 - Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.7:1-11; Ps.84:2-6,8,11; Mt.13:24-30) "Reform your ways and your deeds, so that I may remain with you in this place." We hear again today of the failure of…
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July 24 - Wednesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jer.1:1,4-10; Ps.71:1-6,15,17; Mt.13:1-9) "O God, you have taught me from my youth, and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds." So does the seed…
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July 21 - Sunday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Jer.23:1-6; Ps.23:1-6; Eph.2:13-18; Mk.6:30-34) "I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands to which I have driven them and bring them…
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July 14 - Sunday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Amos 7:12-15; Ps.85:8-14; Eph.1:3-14; Mk.6:7-13) "Justice shall walk before Him, and prepare the way of His steps." And so when the disciples are sent out…
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July 7 - Sunday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Ez.2:2-5; Ps.123:1-4; 2Cor.12:7-10; Mk.6:1-6) "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." And so Ezekial, though he is being sent…
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July 5 - Friday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Amos 8:4-6,9-12; Ps.119:2,10,20,30,40,131,Mt.4:46; Mt.9:9-13) "Many tax collectors and those known as sinners came to join Jesus and His disciples at dinner."…
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July 1 - Monday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Amos 2:6-10,13-16; Ps.50:16-23; Mt.8:18-22) "Consider this, you who forget God, lest I rend you and there be no one to rescue you." What we should realize…
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June 30 - Sunday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Ws.1:13-15,2:23-24; Ps.30:2,4-6,11-13; 2Cor.8:7,9,13-15; Mk.5:21-43) "God formed man to be imperishable; the image of His own nature He made him." "God did…
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June 26 - Wednesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Kgs.22:8-13,23:1-3; Ps.119:33-37,40; Mt.7:15-20) "Lead me in the path of your commands, for in it I take delight." The people of Judah and Jerusalem have…
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June 23 - Sunday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Jb.38:1,8-11; Ps.107:23-26,28-31; 2Cor.5:14-17; Mk.4:35-41) "Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?" Need you ask? If you must, I will tell you: this…
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June 16 - Sunday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Ez.17:22-24; Ps.92:2-3,13-16; 2Cor.5:6-10; Mk.4:26-34) "They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God." The imagery…
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June 14 - Friday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(1Kgs.19:9,11-16; Ps.27:7-9,13-14; Mt.5:27-32) "Of you my heart speaks; you my glance seeks." "Your presence, O Lord, I seek. Hide not your face from me,"…
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June 9 - Sunday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Gn.3:9-15; Ps.130:1-8; 2Cor.4:13-5:1; Mk.3:20-35) "With the Lord is kindness and with Him is plenteous redemption." We hear today recounted in our first…
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June 7 - Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Year B
(Hos.11:1,3-4,8-9; Is.12:2-6; Eph.3:8-12,14-19; Jn.19:31-37) "With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation." "Shout with exultation, O city of…
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June 2 - The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year B
(Ex.24:3-8; Ps.116:12-13,15-18; Heb.9:11-15; Mt.14:12-16,22-26) "The cup of salvation I will take up, and I will call upon the name of the Lord." The blood of…
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May 26 - Most Holy Trinity Sunday, Year B
(Dt.4:32-34,39-40; Ps.33:4-6,9,12,18-20,22; Rom.8:14-17; Mt.28:16-20) "You must know now, and fix in your heart, that 'the Lord is God in the heavens above and…
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May 25 - Saturday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jas.5:13-20; Ps.141:1-3,8; Mk.10:13-16) "Let my prayer come like incense before you; the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice." "The fervent…
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May 24 - Friday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jas.5:9-12; Ps.103:1-4,8-9,11-12; Mk.10:1-12) "Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness." And we must be like Him. James…
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May 23 - Thursday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jas.5:1-6; Ps.49:14-20,Mt.5:3; Mk.9:41-50) "You lived in wanton luxury on the earth; you fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter." "You rich, weep and…
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May 22 - Wednesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jas. 4:13-17; Ps.49:2-3,6-11,Mt.5:3; Mk.9:38-40) "Anyone who is not against us is with us." And whoever is not with the Lord is against Him. There are only…
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May 21 - Tuesday of the 7th Week In Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jas.4:1-10; Ps.55:7-11,23; Mk.9:30-37) "In the city I see violence and strife; day and night they prowl about upon its walls." The violence this world holds…
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May 20 - Monday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Jas.3:13-18; Ps.19:8-10,15; Mk.9:14-29) "The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eye." What is the wisdom of which James speaks in our first…
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May 19 - Pentecost Sunday, Year B
(Acts 2:1-11; Ps.104:1,24,29-31,34; Gal.5:16-25; Jn.15:26-27,16:12-15) "The time for Pentecost was fulfilled." A driving wind comes from the sky. It fills the…
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May 12 - Sunday of the 7th Week of Easter, Year B
(Acts1:15-17,20a,20c-26; Ps.103:1-2,11-12,19-20; 1Jn.4:11-16; Jn.17:11b-19) "As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world." Jesus sent the…
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May 5 - Sunday of the 6th Week of Easter, Year B
(Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48; Ps.98:1-4; 1Jn.4:7-10; Jn.15:9-17) "This I command you: love one another." And so we hear the Lord's essential instruction: love…
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April 28 - Sunday of the 5th Week of Easter, Year B
(Acts 9:26-31; Ps.22:26-28,30-32; 1Jn.3:18-24; Jn.15:1-8) "Let the coming generation be told of the Lord..." Let the vine that is Christ continue to grow; let…
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April 21 - Sunday of the 4th Week of Easter, Year B
(Acts 4:8-12; Ps.118:1,8-9,21-23,26,28-29; 1Jn.3:1-2; Jn.10:11-18) "There is no salvation through anyone else." Do not "trust in princes" or in any man; it is…
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April 14 - Sunday of the 3rd Week of Easter, Year B
(Acts 3:13-15,17-19; Ps.4:2,4,7-9; 1Jn.2:1-5a; Lk.24:35-48) "He is expiation for our sins." Brothers and sisters, "we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus…
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April 7 - Divine Mercy Sunday, Year B
(Acts 4:32-35; Ps.118:1-4,16-18,22-24; 1Jn.5:1-6; Jn.20:19-31) "His mercy endures forever." Our psalmist "was hard pressed and was falling, but the Lord…
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March 17 - Sunday of the 5th Week of Lent, Year B
(Jer.31:31-34; Ps.51:3-4,12-15; Heb.5:7-9; Jn.12:20-33) "Father, glorify your name." Jesus cries out in supplication to Him who is "able to save Him from…
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March 10 - Sunday of the 4th Week of Lent, Year B
(2Chr.36:14-16,19-23; Ps.137:1-6; Eph.2:4-10; Jn.3:14-21) "By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept." For "practicing all the abominations of the nations and…
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March 3 - Sunday of the 3rd Week of Lent, Year B
(Ex.20:1-17; Ps.19:8-11; 1Cor.1:22-25; Jn.2:13-25) "The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever." Is it not fear of the Lord, Jesus would instill in the…
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February 25 - Sunday of the 2nd Week of Lent, Year B
(Gn.22:1-2,9-13,15-18; Ps.116:10,15-19; Rom.8:31-34; Mk.9:2-10) "You shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you." "Take your…
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February 18 - Sunday of the 1st Week of Lent, Year B
(Gn.9:8-15; Ps.25:4-9; 1Pt.3:18-22; Mk.1:12-15) "I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth." In times past God…
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February 11 - Sunday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Lv.13:1-2,44-46; Ps.32:1-2,5,7,11; 1Cor.10:31-11:1; Mk.1:40-45) "I said, 'I confess my faults to the Lord,' and you took away the guilt of my sin." The leper…
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February 4 - Sunday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Jb.7:1-4,6-7; Ps.147:1-6; 1Cor.9:16-19,22-23; Mk.1:29-39) "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." In our first reading, Job is about as…
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January 29 - Monday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(2Sm.15:13-14,30,16:5-13; Ps.3:2-7; Mk.5:1-20) "Many are saying of me, 'There is no salvation for him in God.'" Today David's sins rise to his neck, and he is…
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January 28 - Sunday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(Dt.18:15-20; Ps.95:1-2,6-9; 1Cor.7:32-35; Mk.1:21-28) "A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin." Thus does Moses…
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January 21 - Sunday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(1Sm.3:3b-10,19; Ps.40:2,4,7-10; 1Cor.6:13c-15a,17-20; Jn.1:35-42) "The Lord came and revealed His presence, calling out as before, 'Samuel, Samuel!'" The call…
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January 14 - Sunday of the 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
(1Sm.3:3b-10,19; Ps.40:2,4,7-10; 1Cor.6:13c-15a,17-20; Jn.1:35-42) "The Lord came and revealed His presence, calling out as before, 'Samuel, Samuel!'" The call…
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January 8 - Baptism of the Lord, Year B
(Is.55:1-11; Is.12:1-6; 1Jn.5:1-9; Mk.1:7-11) "A voice came from the heavens, 'You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.'" Brothers and sisters, God…
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January 6 - before Epiphany
(1Jn.5:5-13; Ps.147:12-15,19-20; Mk.1:7-11) "God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." How reassuring John is to us who believe – "I have written…
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January 5 - before Epiphany
(1Jn.3:11-21; Ps.100:1-5; Jn.1:43-51) "We should love one another." In our gospel, "first [Jesus] came upon Philip" – whose name means "love" – and invited him…
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December 31 - Holy Family, Year B
(Gn.15:1-6,21:1-3; Ps.105:1-9; Heb.11:8,11-12,17-19; Lk.2:22-40) "The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon Him."…
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December 24 - Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B
(2Sm.7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16; Ps.89:2-5,27,29; Rom.16:25-27; Lk.1:26-28) "The Lord God will give Him the throne of David His father." "I have made a covenant with…
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December 17 - Sunday of the 3rd Week of Advent, Year B
(Is.61:1-2,10-11; Lk.1:46-50,53-54; 1Thes.5:16-24; Jn.1:6-8,19-28) "A man named John was sent from God." Here is the one of whom the prophet speaks, and who…
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December 11 - Monday of the 2nd Week of Advent
(Is.35:1-10; Ps.85:9-14,Is.35:4; Lk.5:17-26) "A highway will be there, called the holy way." Jesus is the highway; holy is He! He is the stream that "will…
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December 10 - Sunday of the 2nd Week of Advent, Year B
(Is.40:1-5,9-11; Ps.85:9-14; 2Pt.3:8-14; Mk.1:1-8) "Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way." And so, "John the Baptist…
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December 3 - Sunday of the 1st Week of Advent, Year B
(Is.63:16b-17,19b,64:2-7; Ps.80:2-4,15-16,18-19; 1Cor.1:3-9; Mk.13:33-37) "Would that you might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of you in our ways!"…
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November 26 - Christ the King Sunday, Year A
(Ez.34:11-12,15-17; Ps.23:1-6; 1Cor.15:20-26,28; Mt.25:31-46) "Whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me." Jesus is King. It is He…
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November 19 - Sunday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time, Year A
(Prv.31:10-13,19-20,30-31; Ps.128:1-5; 1Thes.5:1-6; Mt.25:14-30) "When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls." And so the Lord is pleased to…