The BreadCast
Daily exposition of the Readings of Catholic Mass, from the book 'Our Daily Bread' by James H. Kurt (now with Chanted Verses). Recently added - SaintsCast, entries from the book 'Prayers to the Saints' (also by James Kurt). Both books bear imprimatur.
"O brother of the Rock of our Church..."
Direct download: Nov._30_St._Andrew.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Would that you might meet us doing right, that we were mindful of you in our ways!"

Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt.

Music: "Warm Forehead" from Bearing the Birth Pangs, tenth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-113008-Su_1_Adv_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Remember, I am coming soon!"
Direct download: BC-112908-Sa_34_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass."
Direct download: BC-112808-F_34_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"These indeed will be days of retribution, when all that is written must be fulfilled."
Direct download: BC-112708-Th_34_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"By patient endurance you will save your lives."
Direct download: BC-112608-W_34_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O virgin pure and brilliant..."
Direct download: Nov._25_St._Catherine_of_Alexandria.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Use your sickle and cut down the harvest, for now is the time to reap."
Direct download: BC-112508-Tu_34_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O you who were martyred..."
Direct download: Nov._24_St._Andrew_Dung-Lac_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"They are pure and follow the Lamb wherever He goes."
Direct download: BC-112408-M_34_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O father of holy monasteries..."
Direct download: Nov._23_St._Columban.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O successor to Peter..."
Direct download: Nov._23_St._Clement_I.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Whatever you did for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me."

Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt.

Music: "Coat of Warmth" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-112308-Su_34_OT_A.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O holy virgin and martyr..."
Direct download: Nov._22_St._Cecilia.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"After three and a half days, the breath of life which comes from God returned to them."
Direct download: BC-112208-Sa_33_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy Temple of the Lord..."
Direct download: Nov._21_Presentation_of_Mary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I gasp with open mouth in my yearning for your commands."
Direct download: BC-112108-F_33_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Do not weep.  The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has won the right by His victory to open the scroll with its seven seals."
Direct download: BC-112008-Th_33_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Lord our God, you are worthy to receive glory and honor and power."
Direct download: BC-111908-W_33_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O woman who prayed always..."
Direct download: Nov._18_St._Rose_Philippine_Duchesne.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Today salvation has come to this house."
Direct download: BC-111808-Tu_33_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O charitable soul..."
Direct download: Nov._17_St._Elizabeth_of_Hungary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Jesus of Nazareth was passing by."
Direct download: BC-111708-M_33_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O blessed mystic of Jesus..."
Direct download: Nov._16_St._Gertrude.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O devout mother and queen..."
Direct download: Nov._16_St._Margaret_of_Scotland.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls."

Wriiten, chanted, and produced by James Kurt; read by Sylvia Kurt.

Music: "We Have Bodies" from The Whole Whale, eighth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-111608-Su_33_OT_A.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O patron of scientists and philosophers..."
Direct download: Nov._15_St._Albert_the_Great.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"When the Son of Man comes, will He find any faith on earth?"
Direct download: BC-111508-Sa_32_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Anyone who remains rooted in the teaching possesses both the Father and the Son."
Direct download: BC-111408-F_32_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O mother of the faith..."
Direct download: Nov._13_St._Frances_Xavier_Cabrini.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The reign of God is already in your midst."
Direct download: BC-111308-Th_32_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O shepherd thirsty for souls..."
Direct download: Nov._12_St._Josaphat.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"
Direct download: BC-111208-W_32_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O sacrificial shepherd..."
Direct download: Nov._11_St._Martin_of_Tours.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age."
Direct download: BC-111108-Tu_32_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O true Pastor of God's Church..."
Direct download: Nov._10_St._Leo_the_Great.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord?  Or who may stand in His holy place?"
Direct download: BC-111008-M_32_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Well for the man who is gracious and lends."
Direct download: BC-110808-Sa_31_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"We have our citizenship in heaven."
Direct download: BC-110708-F_31_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I have come to rate all as loss in the light of the surpassing knowledge of my Lord Jesus Christ."
Direct download: BC-110608-Th_31_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Work with anxious concern to achieve your salvation."
Direct download: BC-110508-W_31_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O defender of the Catholic faith..."
Direct download: Nov._4_St._Charles_Borromeo.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The lowly shall eat their fill."
Direct download: BC-110408-Tu_31_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O humble and charitable soul..."

Direct download: Nov._3_St._Martin_de_Porres.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Let all parties think humbly of others as superior to themselves, each of you looking to others' interests rather than his own."
Direct download: BC-110308-M_31_OT_II.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Everyone who has this hope based on Him makes Himself pure, as He is pure."

Written, read & chanted by James Kurt; produced by Roger Fortney.

Music composed and performed by Roger Fortney.  Used by permission.
Direct download: All_Saints_Nov_1.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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