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: November_30_St._Andrew.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"How beautiful are the feet of those who announce Good News!"

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

Music by Roger Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Nov._30_-_St._Andrew_2009.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"You are God my Savior, and for you I wait all the day."

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

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

 

Direct download: BC-112909-Su_1_Adv_C.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"The day I speak of will come upon all who dwell on the face of the earth."
Direct download: BC-122809-Sa_34_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The beast was slain and its body thrown into the fire to be burnt up."
Direct download: BC-112709-F_34_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Your ransom is near at hand."
Direct download: BC-112609-Th_34_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O virgin pure and brilliant..."
Direct download: November_25_St._Catherine_of_Alexandria.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You will be brought to give witness."
Direct download: BC-112509-W_34_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O you who were martyred..."
Direct download: November_24_St._Andrew_Dung-Lac_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The iron, tile, bronze, silver, and gold all crumbled at once, fine as the chaff on the threshing floor in summer, and the wind blew them away without leaving a trace."
Direct download: BC-112409-Tu_34_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O father of holy monasteries..."
Direct download: November_23_St._Columban.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O successor to Peter..."
Direct download: November_23_St._Clement_I.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"To these four young men God gave knowledge and proficiency in all literature and science, and to Daniel the understanding of all visions and dreams."
Direct download: BC-112309-M_34_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy virgin and martyr..."
Direct download: November_22_St._Cecilia.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"My kingdom does not belong to this world."

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

Music: "Vision of Children" from The Innocent Heart, first album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Christ_the_King_Sun._-_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O holy Temple of the Lord..."
Direct download: November_21_Presentation_of_Mary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The needy shall not always be forgotten, nor shall the hope of the afflicted forever perish."
Direct download: BC-112109-Sa_33_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it."
Direct download: BC-112009-F_33_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"We will not obey the words of the king nor depart from our religion in the slightest degree."
Direct download: BC-111909-Th_33_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O woman who prayed always..."
Direct download: November_18_St._Rose_Philippine_Duchesne.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"He, in His mercy, will give you back both breath and life, because you now disregard yourselves for the sake of His Law."
Direct download: BC-111809-W_33_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O charitable soul..."
Direct download: November_17_St._Elizabeth_of_Hungary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I fear not the myriads of people arrayed against me on every side."
Direct download: BC-111709-Tu_33_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O blessed mystic of Jesus..."
Direct download: November_16_St._Gertrude.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O devout mother and queen..."
Direct download: November_16_St._Margaret_of_Scotland.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Terrible affliction was upon Israel."
Direct download: BC-111609-M_33_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O patron of scientists and philosophers..."
Direct download: November_15_St._Albert_the_Great.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"He will send out the angels and gather His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky."

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

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

Direct download: BC-111509-Su_33_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"He led forth His people with joy; with shouts of joy, His chosen ones."
Direct download: BC-111409-Sa_32_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O mother of the faith..."
Direct download: November_13_St._Frances_Xavier_Cabrini.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures gather."
Direct download: BC-111309-F_32_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O shepherd thirsty for souls..."
Direct download: November_12_St._Josaphat.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Let your countenance shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes."
Direct download: BC-111209-Th_32_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O sacrificial shepherd..."
Direct download: November_11_St._Martin_of_Tours.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Stand up and go your way; your faith has been your salvation."
Direct download: BC-111109-W_32_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O true Pastor of God's Church..."
Direct download: November_10_St._Leo_the_Great.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The souls of the just are in the hands of God, and no torment shall touch them."
Direct download: BC-111009-Tu_32_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"There is a stream whose runlets gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High."

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

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: St._John_Lateran_2009.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"She, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood."

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

Music: "Under God" from The Innocent Heart, first album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-110809-Su_32_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Let all your works give you thanks, O Lord, and let your faithful ones bless you."
Direct download: BC-110709-Sa_31_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The worldly take more initiative than the otherworldly when it comes to dealing with their own kind."
Direct download: BC-110609-F_31_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
Direct download: BC-110509-Th_31_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O defender of the Catholic faith..."
Direct download: November_4_St._Charles_Borromeo.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Love is the fulfillment of the law."
Direct download: BC-110409-W_31_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O humble and charitable soul..."
Direct download: November_3_St._Martin_de_Porres.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Come along, everything is ready now."

Direct download: BC-110309-Tu_31_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O God's holy ones..."
Direct download: November_1_All_Saints.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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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 by Roger Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: All_Saints_Nov_1_2009.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"The Lord will not cast off His people, nor abandon His inheritance."
Direct download: BC-103109-Sa_30_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"They could not answer."
Direct download: BC-103009-F_30_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"For your sake we are being slain all the day long."
Direct download: BC-102909-Th_30_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O zealous and loving apostles..."
Direct download: October_28_Sts._Simon_and_Jude.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"You are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household."

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

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Sts_Simon_and_Jude_Oct._28.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"Hoping for what we cannot see means awaiting it with patient endurance."
Direct download: BC-102709-Tu_30_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
Direct download: BC-102609-M_30_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide them."

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

Music: "No Paranoia" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-102509-Su_30_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O zealous apostle..."
Direct download: October_24_St._Anthony_Mary_Claret.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You will all come to the same end unless you reform."
Direct download: BC-102409-Sa_29_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O tireless preacher of God's Word..."
Direct download: October_23_St._John_of_Capistrano.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Why do you not judge for yourselves what is just?"
Direct download: BC-102309-F_29_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The Lord watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes."
Direct download: BC-102209-Th_29_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Offer yourselves to God as men who have come back from the dead to life."
Direct download: BC-102109-W_29_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O true lover of the Crucified..."
Direct download: October_20_St._Paul_of_the_Cross.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"To do your will, O God, is my delight, and your law is within my heart!"
Direct download: BC-102009-Tu_29_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O heroic witnesses..."
Direct download: October_19_Sts._Isaac_Jogues_John_de_Brebeuf_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"We should serve Him devoutly and through all our days be holy in His sight."
Direct download: BC-101909-M_29_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O bringer of the Good News..."
Direct download: October_18_St._Luke.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"We have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God."

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

Music: "The Sunset Bleeds Me Clean" (2nd half) from Bearing the Birth Pangs, tenth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-101809-Su_29_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O wheat of Christ..."
Direct download: October_17_St._Ignatius_of_Antioch.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"All depends on faith, everything is a grace."
Direct download: BC-101709-Sa_28_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O apostle of Christ's Sacred Heart..."
Direct download: October_16_St._Margaret_Mary_Alacoque.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O mother of the unfortunate..."
Direct download: October_16_St._Hedwig.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Happy is the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile."
Direct download: BC-101609-F_28_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O teacher and Mother..."
Direct download: October_15_St._Teresa.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"This generation will have to account for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world."
Direct download: BC-101509-Th_28_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O slave become Shepherd..."
Direct download: October_14_St_Callistus_I.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Your hard and impenitent heart is storing up retribution for that day of wrath when the just judgment of God will be revealed."
Direct download: BC-101409-W_28_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"They stultified themselves through speculating to no purpose, and their senseless hearts were darkened."
Direct download: BC-101309-Tu_28_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"You have a greater than Jonah here."
Direct download: BC-101209-M_28_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The Word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword."

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

Music: "In Your Eyes" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-101109-Su_28_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Near is the day of the Lord in the valley of decision."
Direct download: BC-101009-Sa_27_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O caretaker of souls..."
Direct download: October_9_St._John_Leonardi.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O shepherd of a faithful people..."
Direct download: October_9_St._Denis_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"It is near, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and somberness!"
Direct download: BC-100909-F_27_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"For you who fear my Name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays."
Direct download: BC-100809-Th_27_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Mother of prayer..."
Direct download: October_7_Our_Lady_of_the_Rosary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Your kingdom come."
Direct download: BC-100709-W_27_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O crown of contemplation..."
Direct download: October_6_St._Bruno.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"He repented of the evil that He had threatened to do them; He did not carry it out."
Direct download: BC-100609-Tu_27_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O apostle of mercy..."
Direct download: October_5_St._Maria_Faustina.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"A Samaritan who was journeying along came on him and was moved to pity at the sight."
Direct download: BC-100509-M_27_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O image of Christ..."
Direct download: October_4_St._Francis_of_Assisi.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh."

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

Music: "Marriage" from The Innocent Heart, first album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-100409-Su_27_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"He who has brought disaster upon you will, in saving you, bring you back enduring joy."
Direct download: BC-100309-Sa_26_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O messengers of God..."
Direct download: October_2_Guardian_Angels.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"We have been disobedient to the Lord, our God, and only too ready to disregard His voice."
Direct download: BC-100209-F_26_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O little flower of Jesus..."
Direct download: October_1_St._Theresa_of_the_Child_Jesus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"They understood the words that had been expounded to them."
Direct download: BC-100109-Th_26_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O great interpreter of holy Scripture..."
Direct download: September_30_St._Jerome.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"How could we sing a song of the Lord in a foreign land?"
Direct download: BC-093009-W_26_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O mighty messengers of the Lord..."
Direct download: September_29_Sts._Michael_Gabriel__Raphael.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"You shall see the sky opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

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

Music by Roger Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Sept._29_-_Sts._Michael_Gabriel_Raphael.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O simple and devout layman..."
Direct download: September_28_St._Lawrence_Ruiz_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O faithful ruler..."
Direct download: September_28_St._Wencelaus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in her streets."
Direct download: BC-092809-M_26_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O blessed help of the poor..."
Direct download: September_27_St._Vincent_de_Paul.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Would that all the people to the Lord were prophets!  Would that the Lord might bestow His Spirit on them all!"

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

Music: "Open Air" from Thoroughfare, seventh album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-092709-Su_26_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O highly honored martyrs..."
Direct download: September_26_Sts._Cosmas_and_Damian.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"They shall come streaming to the Lord's blessings."
Direct download: BC-092609-Sa_25_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Greater will be the future glory of this house than the former, says the Lord."
Direct download: BC-092509-F_25_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He who earned wages earned them for a bag with holes in it."
Direct download: BC-092409-Th_25_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy priest..."
Direct download: September_23_St._Pio_of_Pietrelcina.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Turn back, you sinners! do the right thing before Him: perhaps He may look with favor upon you, and show you mercy."
Direct download: BC-092309-W_25_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The elders of the Jews continued to make progress in the building, supported by the message of the prophets."
Direct download: BC-092209-Tu_25_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O faithful apostle..."
Direct download: September_21_St._Matthew.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"Through all the earth their voice resounds, and to the ends of the world, their message."

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

Music by Roger Fortney; used by permission.

 

Direct download: St._Matthew.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O blessed, holy martyrs..."

Direct download: September_20_Sts._Andrew_Kim_Paul_Hasang_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice."

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

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

Direct download: BC-092009-Su_25_OT_B.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O protector of your sheep..."

Direct download: Sept._19_St._Januarius.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Keep God's command without blame or reproach until our Lord Jesus shall appear."
Direct download: BC-091909-Sa_24_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation, and a trap."
Direct download: BC-091809-F_24_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O wise doctor..."
Direct download: Sept._17_St._Robert_Bellarmine.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who live by it."

Direct download: BC-091709-Th_24_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O brothers in Christ..."
Direct download: September_16_Sts._Cornelius_and_Cyprian.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"God's wisdom is vindicated by all who accept it."
Direct download: BC-091609-W_24_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O sorrowful Mother..."
Direct download: Sept._15_Our_Lady_of_Sorrows.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"He who walks in the way of integrity shall be in my service."
Direct download: BC-091509-Tu_24_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"God greatly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the Name which is above every other Name."

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

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Triumph_of_the_Cross_2009.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O you of golden tongue..."
Direct download: September_13_St._John_Chrysostom.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living."

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

Music: "Weightless Crucifixion" from The Whole Whale, eighth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-091309-Su_24_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Any man who desires to come to me will hear my words and put them into practice."
Direct download: BC-091209-Sa_23_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Mary, sweetest of creatures..."
Direct download: Sept._12_Most_Holy_Name_of_Mary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Remove the plank from your own eye first; then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
Direct download: BC-091109-F_23_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Whatever you do, whether in speech or in action, do it in the Name of the Lord Jesus."
Direct download: BC-091009-Th_23_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O slave to the slaves..."
Direct download: Sept._9_St._Peter_Claver.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Set your heart on what pertains to higher realms where Christ is seated at God's right hand."

Direct download: BC-090909-W_23_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Virgin who bore the Son of God..."
Direct download: Sept._8_Nativity_of_Mary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"It is by the Holy Spirit she has conceived this Child."

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

Music composed by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Birth_of_Mary_2009.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"We admonish all men and teach them in the full measure of wisdom, hoping to make every man complete in Christ."

 

Direct download: BC-090709-M_23_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

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

Music: "Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder" (2nd half) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-090609-Su_23_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Hold fast to faith, be firmly grounded and steadfast in it."
Direct download: BC-090509-Sa_22_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"New wine should be poured into fresh skins."
Direct download: BC-090409-F_22_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O great Shepherd..."
Direct download: Sept._3_St._Gregory_the_Great.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You will multiply good works of every sort and grow in the knowledge of God."
Direct download: BC-090309-Th_22_OT.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea."
Direct download: BC-090209-W_22_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Wait for the Lord with courage; be stouthearted, and wait for the Lord."
Direct download: BC-090109-Tu_22_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He comes to rule the earth."
Direct download: BC-083109-M_22_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Humbly welcome the Word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls."

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

Music: "What Is In Your Heart" from Remove the Mask of Lies, second album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-083009-Su_22_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O witness to the Truth..."
Direct download: Aug._29_Martyrdom_of_St._John_the_Baptist.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Those who have, will get more until they grow rich, while those who have not, will lose even the little they have."
Direct download: BC-082909-Sa_21_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O shepherd made anew..."
Direct download: Aug._28_St._Augustine.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"God has not called us to immorality but to holiness."
Direct download: BC-082809-F_21_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O tearful mother..."
Direct download: Aug._27_St._Monica.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Stay awake, therefore!  You cannot know the day your Lord is coming."
Direct download: BC-082709-Th_21_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Make your lives worthy of the God who calls you to His kingship and glory."
Direct download: BC-082609-W_21_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O guardian angel of poor children..."
Direct download: Aug._25_St._Joseph_Calasanz.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O loyal subject of the Lord..."
Direct download: Aug._25_St._Louis_of_France.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"First cleanse the inside of the cup so that its outside may be clean."
Direct download: BC-082509-Tu_21_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O apostle of the Lamb..."
Direct download: Aug._24_St._Bartholomew.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."

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

Music by Carie Fortney, in memory of Mitch Daspit; used by
permission.
Direct download: St_Bartholomew.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O penitential soul..."
Direct download: Aug._23_St._Rose_of_Lima.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Do you also want to leave?"

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

Music: "Marriage" from The Innocent Heart, first album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-082309-Su_21_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O Queen of Heaven and earth..."
Direct download: Aug._22_Queenship_of_Mary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The greatest among you will be the one who serves the rest."
Direct download: BC-082209-Sa_20_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O simple priest..."
Direct download: Aug._21_St._Pius_X.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge, your people shall be my people, and your God my God."
Direct download: BC-082109-F_20_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O great light of the Church..."
Direct download: Aug._20_St._Bernard.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You have made a vow to the Lord.  Do with me as you have vowed."
Direct download: BC-082009-Th_20_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O priest of Jesus and Mary..."
Direct download: Aug._19_St._John_Eudes.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The last shall be first and the first shall be last."
Direct download: BC-081909-W_20_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Go with the strength you have and save Israel from the power of Midian.  It is I who send you."
Direct download: BC-081809-Tu_20_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"They were quick to stray from the way their fathers had taken, and did not follow their example of obedience to the commandments of the Lord."
Direct download: BC-081709-M_20_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O faithful king..."
Direct download: Aug._16_St._Stephen_of_Hungary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"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 life within you."

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

Music: "Love, the Meaning of" part c. "Love" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

 

Direct download: BC-081609-Su_20_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O glorious Virgin Mary..."
Direct download: Aug._15_Assumption.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars."

Written, read and chanted by James Kurt; produced by Carie Fortney. 

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Assumption_2009.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O soldier of the Immaculate Virgin..."
Direct download: Aug._14_St._Maximilian_Mary_Kolbe.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I gave you a land which you had not tilled and cities which you had not built, to dwell in."
Direct download: BC-081407-F_19_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O brothers united in faith..."
Direct download: Aug._13_Sts._Pontian_and_Hippolytus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"My heavenly Father will treat you in exactly the same way unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart."
Direct download: BC-081307-Th_19_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O tireless worker for the Lord..."
Direct download: Aug._12_St._Jane_Frances_de_Chantal.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that I would give to their descendants."
Direct download: BC-081207-W_19_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O bride of Christ..."
Direct download: Aug._11_St._Clare.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"It is the Lord who marches before you; He will be with you and never fail or forsake you."
Direct download: BC-081107-Tu_19_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O generous soul..."
Direct download: August_10_St._Lawrence.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance."

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

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: St._Lawrence_Aug._10.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O sacrificial victim..."
Direct download: August_9_St._Teresa_Benedicta_of_the_Cross.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God."

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

Music: "Body of Christ" from The Whole Whale, eighth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-080909-Su_19_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O humble preacher..."
Direct download: August_8_St._Dominic.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Praised be the Lord, I exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies."
Direct download: BC-080809-Sa_18_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O reformer of the Church..."
Direct download: August_7_St._Cajetan.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O martyrs of the faith..."
Direct download: August_7_St._Sixtus_II_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The Son of Man will come with His Father's glory accompanied by His angels."
Direct download: BC-080709-F_18_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I saw one like a son of man coming on the clouds of heaven."

Written, read and chanted by James Kurt; produced by Carie Fortney.

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Transfiguration_new.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"They forgot the God who had saved them."
Direct download: BC-080509-W_18_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O priest exemplar..."
Direct download: Aug._4_St._John_Mary_Vianney.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The presence of the Lord he beholds."
Direct download: BC-080409-Tu_18_OT_I_BC.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Israel I would feed with the best of wheat."
Direct download: BC-080309-M_18_OT_I_BC.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O priest of the Blessed Sacrament..."
Direct download: August_2_St._Peter_Eymard.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O vigorous defender of the divinity of Christ..."
Direct download: August_2_St._Eusebius_of_Vercelli.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Do not work for food that perishes but for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you."

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

Music: "The Spirit Rules the Body" from Breath, the Apple Rises, fifth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-080209-Su_18_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O patron of moral theologians..."
Direct download: August_1_St._Alphonsus_Liguori.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"It is really the number of crops he sells you."
Direct download: BC-080109-Sa_17_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O strong and holy apostle..."
Direct download: July_31_St._Ignatius_of_Loyola.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Offer as an oblation to the Lord holocausts and cereal offerings, sacrifices and libations, as prescribed for each day."
Direct download: BC-073109-F_17_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O you of golden words..."
Direct download: July_30_St._Peter_Chrysologus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The cloud covered the meeting tent, and the glory of the Lord filled the Dwelling."
Direct download: BC-073009-Th_17_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O servant of the Lord..."
Direct download: July_29_St._Martha.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed with the Lord."
Direct download: BC-072909-W_17_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The angels will hurl them into the fiery furnace where they will wail and grind their teeth."
Direct download: BC-072809-_Tu_17_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Eventually the whole mass of dough began to rise."
Direct download: BC-072709-M_17_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O parents of the Virgin Mary..."
Direct download: July_26_Sts._Joachim_and_Anne.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"They shall eat and there shall be some left over."

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

Music: "The Whole Whale" (first third) from The Whole Whale, eighth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-072609-Su_17_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O martyred apostle.."
Direct download: July_25_St._James.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Continually we carry about in our bodies the dying of Jesus, so that in our bodies the life of Jesus may also be revealed."

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

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.  

Direct download: St.James1.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O solitary prayer..."
Direct download: July_24_St._Sharbel_Makhluf.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"What was sown on good soil is the man who hears the message and takes it in."
Direct download: BC-072409-F_16_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O seer of the Passion..."
Direct download: July_23_St._Bridget.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Blest are your eyes because they see and blest are your ears because they hear."
Direct download: BC-072309-Th_16_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O woman of great love..."
Direct download: July_22_St._Mary_Magdalene.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I will now rain down bread from heaven for you."
Direct download: BC-072209-W_16_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O great preacher of the Word of God..."
Direct download: July_21_St._Lawrence_of_Brindisi.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Thus the Lord saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians."
Direct download: BC-072109-Tu_16_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O suffering shepherd..."
Direct download: July_20_St._Apollinaris.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The Lord Himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still."
Direct download: BC-072009-M_16_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands to which I have driven them and bring them back to their meadow."

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

Music: "We Are God's Breath" (first half) from Breath, the Apple Rises, fifth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-071909-Su_16_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O servant of the sick..."
Direct download: July_19_St._Camillus_de_Lellis.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"All the Israelites must keep a vigil for the Lord throughout their generations."
Direct download: BC-071809-Sa_15_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The Son of Man is indeed the Lord of the sabbath."
Direct download: BC-071709-F_15_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Mother of contemplation..."
Direct download: July_16_Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"My yoke is easy and my burden light."
Direct download: BC-071609-Th_15_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O good doctor..."
Direct download: July_15_St._Bonaventure.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"An angel of the Lord appeared to him in fire flaming out of a bush."
Direct download: BC-071509-W_15_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I drew him out of the water."
Direct download: BC-071409-Tu_15_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O you who were king and emperor..."
Direct download: July_13_St._Henry.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread."
Direct download: BC-071309-M_15_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Justice shall walk before Him and prepare the way of His steps."

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

Music: "Give Me Strength" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-071209-Su_15_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O monastic father..."
Direct download: July_11_St._Benedict.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Whoever acknowledges me before men I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven."
Direct download: BC-071109-Sa_14_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation."
Direct download: BC-071009-F_14_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O righteous band of martyrs..."
Direct download: July_9_St._Augustine_Zhao_Rong_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you."
Direct download: BC-070909-Th_14_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear Him."
Direct download: BC-070809-W_14_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"You test my heart, searching it in the night."
Direct download: BC-070709-Tu_14_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O perpetual virgin..."
Direct download: July_6_St._Maria_Goretti.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Know that I am with you; I will protect you wherever you go."
Direct download: BC-070609-M_14_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O child of the Apostle Paul..."
Direct download: July_5_St._Anthony_Mary_Zaccaria.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness."

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

Music: "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (first half) from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-070509-Su_14_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O reconciler of warring sons..."
Direct download: July_4_St._Elizabeth_of_Portugal.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Pour new wine into new wineskins, and in that way both are preserved."
Direct download: BC-070409-Sa_13_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O believing apostle..."
Direct download: July_3_St._Thomas.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"Blest are they who have not seen and have believed."

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

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: St._Thomas_July_3.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"God put Abraham to the test."
Direct download: BC-070209-Th_13_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"When the afflicted man called out, the Lord heard, and from all his distress He saved him."
Direct download: BC-070109-W_13_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O first of souls to shed blood..."
Direct download: June_30_First_Martyrs_of_the_Holy_Roman_Church.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Even the winds and the sea obey Him."

Direct download: BC-063009-Tu_13_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O most blessed apostles of the Lord..."
Direct download: June_29_Sts._Peter_and_Paul.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"On this rock I will be my Church, and the jaws of death shall not prevail against it."

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

Music is "Unfailing Love" by Carie Fortney; performed by Carie
Fortney and Annette Meyer. Used by permission.
Direct download: Sts._Peter_and_Paul_2009.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O great teacher of the Catholic faith..."
Direct download: June_28_St._Irenaeus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"God formed man to be imperishable; the image of His own nature He made Him."

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

Music: "To Eternal Life" from Thoroughfare, seventh album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-062809-Su_13_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O great defender of the Mother of God..."
Direct download: June_27_St._Cyril_of_Alexandria.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Is anything too marvelous for the Lord to do?"
Direct download: BC-062709-Sa_12_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Can Sarah give birth at ninety?"
Direct download: BC-062609-F_12_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Anyone who hears my words but does not put them into practice is like the foolish man who built his house on sandy ground."
Direct download: BC-062509-Th_12_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O greatest of men born of woman..."
Direct download: June_24_Nativity_of_St._John_the_Baptist.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth."

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

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: June_24_Birth_John-Baptist.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"How narrow is the gate that leads to life, how rough the road, and how few there are who find it!"

 

Direct download: BC-062309-Tu_12_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O kings of martyrdom..."
Direct download: June_22_Sts._John_Fisher_and_Thomas_More.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O lover of poverty..."
Direct download: June_22_St._Paulinus_of_Nola.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear Him."
Direct download: BC-062209-M_12_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O patron of youth..."
Direct download: June_21_St_Aloysius_Gonzaga.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?"

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

Music: "The World Is a Work of Art (Made by the Hand of God)" (final section), from The Whole Whale, eighth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-062109-Su_12_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Seek first His kingship over you, His way of holiness, and all these things will be given you besides."
Direct download: BC-062009-Sa_11_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Sanctuary of the Father..."
Direct download: Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O sign of perfect solitude..."

Direct download: June_19_St._Romuald.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation."

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

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

Direct download: Sacred_Heart_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him."
Direct download: BC-061809-Th_11_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Keep your deeds of mercy secret, and the Father who sees in secret will repay you."
Direct download: BC-061709-W_11_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Love your enemies, pray for your persecutors."
Direct download: BC-061609-Tu_11_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"When a person strikes you on the right cheek, turn and offer him the other."
Direct download: BC-061509-M_11_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The cup of salvation I will take up, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord."

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

Music: "Blood in My Palate" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Body_and_Blood_of_Christ_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O gentle preacher of the Word..."
Direct download: June_13_St._Anthony_of_Padua.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The love of Christ impels us who have reached the conviction that since one died for all, all died."
Direct download: BC-061309-Sa_10_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"While we live we are constantly being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh."
Direct download: BC-061209-F_10_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O son of encouragement..."
Direct download: June_11_St._Barnabas.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"See the splendor of the Gospel showing forth the glory of Christ."
Direct download: BC-061109-Th_10_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Not the smallest letter of the law, not the smallest part of a letter, shall be done away with until it all comes true."
Direct download: BC-061009-W_10_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O harp of the Holy Spirit..."
Direct download: June_9_St._Ephrem.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"God is the one who firmly establishes us."
Direct download: BC-060909-Tu_10_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:01 PM
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"Blessed are those persecuted for holiness' sake; the reign of God is theirs."
Direct download: BC-060809-M_10_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"You must know now, and fix in your heart, that 'the Lord is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other.'"

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

Music: "Speaking of God" (second half) from The Whole Whale, eighth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Trinity_Sunday_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O preacher of the Word of God..."
Direct download: June_6_St._Norbert.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Almsgiving saves one from death."
Direct download: BC-060609-Sa_9_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O apostle of the faith..."
Direct download: June_5_St._Boniface.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The Lord gives sight to the blind."
Direct download: BC-060509-F_9_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Love the Lord your God" and "love your neighbor as yourself."
Direct download: BC-060409-Th_9_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O modern martryrs for Christ..."
Direct download: June_3_St._Charles_Lwanga_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"He is the God of the living, not of the dead."
Direct download: BC-060309-W_9_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O blessed martyrs for the Lord..."
Direct download: June_2_Sts._Marcellinus_and_Peter.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The heart of the just man is secure, trusting in the Lord."
Direct download: BC-060209-Tu_9_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Mother of our Lord..."
Direct download: May_31_Visitation.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 10:23 AM
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"O prophet of the Lord..."
Direct download: June_1_St._Justin.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The stone rejected by the builders has become the keystone of the structure."

 

Direct download: BC-060109-M_9_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The time for Pentecost was fulfilled."

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

Music: "There Is No End to Life" (final part) from Thoroughfare, seventh album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Pentecost_Sunday_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"I wear these chains solely because I share the hope of Israel."
Direct download: BC-053009-Sa_7_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"When you are older you will stretch out your hands, and another will tie you fast and carry you off against your will."
Direct download: BC-052909-F_7_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I set the Lord ever before me; with Him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed."
Direct download: BC-052809-Th_7_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O converter of peoples..."
Direct download: May_27_St._Augustine_of_Canterbury.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"O Father most holy, protect them with the Name you have given me."
Direct download: BC-052709-W_7_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O priest of joy..."
Direct download: May_26._St._Philip_Neri.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Father, the hour has come!  Give glory to your Son that your Son may give glory to you."
Direct download: BC-052609-Tu_7_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O humble soul..."
Direct download: May_25_St._Mary_Magdalene_de_Pazzi.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:10 PM
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"O Shepherd and Father..."
Direct download: May_25_St._Gregory_VII.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O learned master..."
Direct download: May_25_St._Bede_the_Venerable.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You will suffer in the world.  But take courage!  I have overcome the world."
Direct download: BC-052509-M_7_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world."

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

Music: "Can You Love?" (part B of "Liars Don't Love, Lovers Don't Lie") from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-052409-Su_7_E_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"He went about establishing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah."
Direct download: BC-052309-Sa_6_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O saint of the impossible..."
Direct download: May_22_St._Rita_of_Cascia.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Go on speaking and do not be silenced, for I am with you."
Direct download: BC-052209-F_6_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O sacrificial sheep..."
Direct download: May_21_St._Christopher_Magallanes_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"God mounts His throne amid shouts of joy; the Lord, amid trumpet blasts."

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

Music: "There Is No End to Life" (first half) from Thoroughfare, seventh album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-052109-Ascension_Thursday.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O apostle of the Holy Name of Jesus..."
Direct download: May_20_St._Bernadine_of_Siena.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"It is He 'who gives' to all life and 'breath' and everything else."
Direct download: BC-052009-W_6_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Immediately all the doors flew open and everyone's chains were pulled loose."
Direct download: BC-051909-Tu_6_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O faithful shepherd..."
Direct download: May_18_St._John_I.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You must bear witness."
Direct download: BC-051809-M_6_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"This I command you: love one another."

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

Music: "Love, the Meaning of: Can You Love?" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-051709-Su_6_E_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"I choose you out of the world."
Direct download: BC-051609-Sa_5_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O farmer of God's green earth..."
Direct download: May_15_St._Isidore_the_Farmer.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."
Direct download: BC-051509-F_5_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O chosen apostle..."
Direct download: May_14_St._Matthias.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"It was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit."

Written, read & chanted by James Kurt, produced by Carie Fortney.

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: St._Matthias_09.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O marvelous Wonder..."
Direct download: May_13_Our_Lady_of_Fatima.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I am the vine, you are the branches."
Direct download: BC-051309-W_5_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O child of courage..."
Direct download: May_12_St._Pancras.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O brave soldiers..."
Direct download: May_12_Sts._Nereus_and_Achilleus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:01 PM
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"We must undergo many trials if we are to enter the reign of God."
Direct download: BC-051209-Tu_5_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth."
Direct download: BC-051109-M_5_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Let the coming generation be told of the Lord..."

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

Music: "Branch of the Vine" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-051009-Su_5_E_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"I have made you a light to the nations, a means of salvation to the ends of the earth."
Direct download: BC-050909-Sa_4_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"You are my Son; this day I have begotten you."
Direct download: BC-050809-F_4_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He who accepts anyone I send accepts me, and in accepting me accepts him who sent me."
Direct download: BC-050709-Th_4_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Set apart Barnabas and Saul for me, to do the work for which I have called them."
Direct download: BC-050609-W_4_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Of Zion they shall say: 'One and all were born in her.'"
Direct download: BC-050509-Tu_4_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"God has granted life-giving repentance even to the Gentiles."
Direct download: BC-050409-M_4_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy apostles of the Lord..."
Direct download: May_3_Sts._Philip_and_James.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"There is no salvation through anyone else."

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

Music: "Souls at a Carnival" from All One, sixth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-050309-Su_4_E_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O defender of the faith..."
Direct download: May_2_St._Athanasius.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"We have come to believe."
Direct download: BC-050209-Sa_3_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O humble laborer in God's House..."
Direct download: May_1_St._Joseph_the_Worker.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"My flesh is real food and my blood real drink."
Direct download: BC-050109-F_3_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Shepherd of the Church..."
Direct download: April_30_St._Pius_V.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him."
Direct download: BC-043009-Th_3_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O wise and holy virgin..."
Direct download: April_29_St._Catherine_of_Siena.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Let all on earth worship and sing praise to you, sing praise to your Name!"
Direct download: BC-042909-W_3_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O great missionary..."
Direct download: April_28_St._Peter_Chanel.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O apostle of Mary..."
Direct download: April_28_St._Louis_Mary_de_Montfort.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"No one who comes to me shall ever be hungry, no one who believes in me shall thirst again."
Direct download: BC-042809-Tu_3_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"This is the work of God: have faith in the One whom He sent."
Direct download: BC-042709-M_3_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He is expiation for our sins."

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

Music: "Wish I'd Never Done It" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-042609-Su_3_E_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O proclaimer of the Word of God..."
Direct download: April_25_St._Mark.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation."

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

Music composed and performed by Annette Meyer. Used by permission.
Direct download: St._Mark.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O charitable and zealous soul..."
Direct download: April_24_St._Fidelis_of_Sigmaringen.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I believe that I shall see the bounty of the Lord in the land of the living."
Direct download: BC-042409-F_2_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O persecuted shepherd..."
Direct download: April_23_St._Adalbert.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O courageous soldier..."
Direct download: April_23_St._George.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The One whom God has sent speaks the words of God; He does not ration His gift of the Spirit."
Direct download: BC-042309-Th_2_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He who acts in truth comes into the light, to make clear that His deeds are done in God."
Direct download: BC-042209-W_2_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O sublime teacher..."
Direct download: April_21_St._Anselm.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The community of believers were of one heart and one mind."
Direct download: BC-042109-Tu_2_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"No one can see the rule of God unless He is begotten from above."
Direct download: BC-042009-M_2_E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"His mercy endures forever."

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

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

 

Direct download: BC-041909-Divine_Mercy_Sunday_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation."
Direct download: BC-041809-Sa_Oct._E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"Jesus is 'the stone rejected by you builders which has become the cornerstone.'"
Direct download: BC-041709-F_Oct._E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"In His Name, penance for the remission of sins is to be preached to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
Direct download: BC-041609-Th_Oct._E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"The Lord is risen!  It is true!"
Direct download: BC-041509-W_Oct._E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"Let the whole house of Israel know beyond any doubt that God has made both Lord and Messiah this Jesus whom you crucified."
Direct download: BC-041409-Tu_Oct._E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"O martyred Father..."
Direct download: April_13_St._Martin_I.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption."
Direct download: BC-041309-M_Oct._E.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"Everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins through His Name."

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

Music: "Every Day Is Christmas" from All One, sixth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-041209-Easter_Sunday.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O soldier of Christ..."
Direct download: April_11_St._Stanislaus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"He is not here."

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

Music: "Removing the Log from My Eye" (third part) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Easter_Vigil_redo.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"He shall be raised high and greatly exalted."

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

Music: "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" (second half) from Bearing the Birth Pangs, tenth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Good_Friday_redo.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"This cup is the New Covenant in my blood."

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

Music composed and performed by Carie Fortney.

Direct download: Holy_Thursday.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"The Son of Man is departing, as Scripture says of Him."
Direct download: Holy_Week_Wed..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O good teacher..."
Direct download: April_7_-_St._John_Baptist_de_la_Salle.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord, and my God is now my strength!"
Direct download: Holy_Week_Tues..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I formed you and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations."
Direct download: Holy_Week_Mon..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O great preacher..."
Direct download: April_5_St._Vincent_Ferrer.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"His blood be upon us and upon our children."

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

Music: "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" (first half) from Bearing the Birth Pangs, tenth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Passion_Sunday_redo.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O learned man..."
Direct download: April_4_-_St._Isidore.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"My sanctuary shall be set up among them forever."
Direct download: BC-040409-Sa_5_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked."
Direct download: BC-040309-F_5_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O little one..."
Direct download: April_2_-_St._Francis_of_Paola.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Before Abraham came to be, I AM."
Direct download: BC-040209-Th_5_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The truth will set you free."
Direct download: BC-040109-W_5_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"From heaven He beheld the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die."
Direct download: BC-033109-Tu_5_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Let the man among you who has no sin be the first to cast a stone at her."
Direct download: BC-033009-M_5_L_AB.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Father, glorify your Name."

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

Music: "The Sunset Bleeds Me Clean" from Bearing the Birth Pangs, tenth album of Songs for Children of Light.

Direct download: L._5_Sun_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"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 spoken no more."
Direct download: BC-032809-Sa_4_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He calls blest the destiny of the just and boasts that God is His Father."
Direct download: BC-032709-F_4_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"If you believed Moses you would then believe me, for it was about me that He wrote."
Direct download: BC-032609-Th_4_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O chosen one of the Lord..."
Direct download: March_25_-_Annunciation.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"Behold, I come to do your will."

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

Music composed and performed by Roger Fortney; used by permission.
Direct download: Annunciation_March_25.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"There is a stream whose runlets gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High."
Direct download: BC-032409-Tu_4_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O missionary shepherd..."
Direct download: March_23_St._Turibio_de_Mogrovejo.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You changed my mourning into dancing."
Direct download: BC-032309-M_4_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"By the streams of Babylon we sat and wept."

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

Music: "A Guitar" from Thoroughfare, seventh album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

 

Direct download: L._4_Sun._B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"As certain as the dawn is His coming, and His judgement shines forth like the light of day!"
Direct download: BC-032109-Sa_3_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Hear, O Israel!  The Lord our God is Lord alone!"
Direct download: BC-032009-F_3_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O righteous man called by God..."
Direct download: March_19_St._Joseph_Husband_of_Mary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"I will be a father to him, and he shall be my son."

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

Music composed and performed by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: March_19_-_St_Joseph_Husband_of_Mary.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O steadfast teacher of the faith..."
Direct download: March_18_St._Cyril_of_Jerusalem.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"What great nation has statutes and decrees that are as just as this whole law?"
Direct download: BC-031809-W_3_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O great apostle to the nations..."
Direct download: March_17_St._Patrick.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"With contrite heart and humble spirit let us be received."
Direct download: Bc-031709-Tu_3_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"There is no God in all the earth, except in Israel."
Direct download: BC-031609-M_3_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever."

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

Music: "Nothing You Can Buy (The Spirit Is)" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: L._3_Sun._B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him and was deeply moved."
Direct download: 031409-Sa_2_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver."
Direct download: 031309-F_2_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He is like a tree planted beside the waters, that stretches out its roots to the stream."
Direct download: 031209-Th_2_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Can you drink of the cup I am to drink of?"
Direct download: 031109-W_2_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"To him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God."
Direct download: 031009-Tu_2_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O patient and loving soul..."
Direct download: March_9_St._Frances_of_Rome.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Deliver us and pardon our sins for your Name's sake."
Direct download: 030909-M_2_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O servant of love..."
Direct download: March_8_St._John_of_God.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You shall offer him up as a holocaust on a height that I will point out to you."

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

Music: "White" (first half) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: L._2_Sun._B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O blessed martyrs..."
Direct download: March_7_Sts._Perpetua_and_Felicity.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You will be a people sacred to the Lord, your God."
Direct download: BC-030709-Sa_1_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Settle with your opponent while on your way to court with him."
Direct download: BC-030609-F_1_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"My Lord, our King, you alone are God.  Help me who am alone and have no help but you."
Direct download: BC-030509-Th_1_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O patron of the impoverished..."
Direct download: March_4_St._Casimir.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"At the preaching of Jonah they reformed."
Direct download: BC-030409-W_1_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O mother to the poor..."
Direct download: March_3_St._Katharine_Drexel.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Give us today our daily bread."
Direct download: BC-030309-Tu_1_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"As often as you did it for one of my least brothers, you did it for me."
Direct download: BC-030209-M_1_L.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth."

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

Music: "Miracle" (second half) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: L._1_Sun._B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"'Repairer of the breach,'" they shall call you, "'restorer of ruined homesteads.'"
Direct download: Sat._after_Ash_Wed..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high!"
Direct download: Friday_after_Ash_Wed..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The Lord watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked vanishes."
Direct download: Thurs._after_Ash_Wed..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning."

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

Music: "The Sackcloth Song" from Remove the Mask of Lies, second album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Ash_Wednesday_S.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"My son, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials."
Direct download: BC-022409-Tu_7_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O disciple of John..."
Direct download: Feb._23_St._Polycarp.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"There is but One, wise and truly awe-inspiring, seated upon His throne: It is the Lord."
Direct download: BC-022309-M_7_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Rock of the Church..."
Direct download: Feb._22_Chair_of_St._Peter.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"It is I, I, who wipe out, for my own sake, your offenses; your sins I remember no more."

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

Music: "I Used To Be So Weak" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-022209-Su_7_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O blessed reformer of the Church..."
Direct download: Feb._21_St._Peter_Damian.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Rabbi, how good it is for us to be here."
Direct download: BC-022109-Sa_6_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"What profit does a man show who gains the whole world and destroys himself in the process?"
Direct download: BC-022009-F_6_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The children of your servants shall abide, and their posterity shall continue in your presence."
Direct download: BC-021909-Th_6_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Noah then removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was drying up."
Direct download: BC-021809-W_6_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O seven men..."
Direct download: Feb._17_Seven_Founders_of_the_Order_of_Servites.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The voice of the Lord is over the waters, the Lord, over vast waters."
Direct download: BC-021709-Tu_6_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Sin is a demon lurking at the door: his urge is toward you, yet you can be his master."
Direct download: BC-021609-M_6_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I said, 'I confess my faults to the Lord,' and you took away the guilt of my sin."
Direct download: BC-021509-Su_6_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O brothers in the faith..."
Direct download: Feb._14_Sts._Cyril_and_Methodius.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Direct download: BC-021409-Sa_5_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked."
Direct download: BC-021309-F_5_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"A man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body."
Direct download: BC-021209-Th_5_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O lovely Lady who appeared to Bernadette..."
Direct download: Feb._11_Our_Lady_of_Lourdes.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being."
Direct download: BC-021109-W_5_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy virgin..."
Direct download: Feb._10_St._Scholastica.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"God created man in His image; in the divine image He created him."
Direct download: BC-021009-Tu_5_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"How manifold are your works, O Lord!  In wisdom you have wrought them all."
Direct download: BC-020909-M_5_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O innocent soul..."
Direct download: Feb._8_St._Josephine_Bakhita.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O soldier for the Lord..."
Direct download: Feb._8_St._Jerome_Emiliani.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

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

Music: ""This World of Sin" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-020809-Su_5_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."
Direct download: BC-020709-Sa_4_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O proclaimers of the faith..."
Direct download: Feb._6_St._Paul_Miki_and_Companions.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I will never desert you, nor will I forsake you."
Direct download: BC-020609-F_4_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O good child of God..."
Direct download: Feb._5_St._Agatha.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"You have drawn near to Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem..."
Direct download: BC-020509-Th_4_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Whom the Lord loves, He disciplines; He scourges every son He receives."
Direct download: BC-020409-W_4_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O bringer of light..."
Direct download: Feb._3_St._Ansgar.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O shepherd whom we invoke..."
Direct download: Feb._3_St._Blaise.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who inspires and perfects our faith."
Direct download: BC-020309-Tu_4_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Suddenly there will come to the temple the Lord whom you seek."

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

Music composed by Roger Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Feb_2_-_Presentation_of_the_Lord_2009.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, rasie up for you from among your own kin."

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

Music: "Speaking for God" from The Whole Whale, eighth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-020109-Su_4_OT_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O teacher and father..."
Direct download: Jan._31_St._John_Bosco.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Why are you so terrified?  Why are you lacking in faith?"
Direct download: BC-013109-Sa_3_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"You need patience to do God's will and receive what He has promised."
Direct download: BC-013009-F_3_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Since we have a great high priest who is over the house of God, let us draw near in utter sincerity and absolute confidence."
Direct download: BC-012909-Th_3_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O wise doctor of the Church..."
Direct download: Jan._28_St._Thomas_Aquinas.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I will put my laws in their hearts and I will write them on their minds."
Direct download: BC-012809-W_3_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy virgin..."
Direct download: Jan._27_St._Angela_Merici.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I have come to do your will, O God."
Direct download: BC-012709-Tu_3_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O blessed disciples of Paul..."
Direct download: Jan._26_Sts._Timothy_and_Titus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"His death has taken place for deliverance from transgressions."
Direct download: BC-012609-M_3_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O you who persecuted..."
Direct download: Jan._25_Conversion_of_St._Paul.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh, according to the Lord's bidding."

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

Music: "This World of Sin" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

 

Direct download: BC--012509-Su_OT_3_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O most devout spiritual guide..."
Direct download: Jan._24_St._Francis_de_Sales.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Behind the second veil was the tabernacle called the holy of holies."
Direct download: BC-012409-Sa_2_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I will be their God and they shall be my people."
Direct download: BC-012309-F_2_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O martyr of the Lord extraordinaire..."
Direct download: Jan._22_St._Vincent.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through Him, since He forever lives to make intercession for them."
Direct download: BC-012209-Th_2_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy virgin martyr..."
Direct download: Jan._21_St._Agnes.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Without father, mother, or ancestry, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever."
Direct download: BC-012109-W_2_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O soldier for Christ..."
Direct download: Jan._20_St._Sebastian.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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"O Holy Father of the Church..."
Direct download: Jan._20_St._Fabian.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I will indeed bless you, and multiply you."
Direct download: BC-012009-Tu_2_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."
Direct download: BC-011909-M_2_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The Lord came and revealed His presence, calling out as before, 'Samuel, Samuel!'"

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

Music: "Calling" from Loving Spirit, third album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-011809-Su_OT_2_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O father of monks..."
Direct download: Jan._17_St._Anthony_the_Abbot.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Nothing is concealed from Him."
Direct download: BC-011708-Sa_1_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The promise of entrance into His rest still holds."
Direct download: BC-011608-F_1_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Today, if you should hear His voice, harden not your hearts."
Direct download: BC-011508-Th_1_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Since He Himself was tested through what He suffered, He is able to help those who are tempted."
Direct download: BC-011408-W_1_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O shepherd and doctor..."
Direct download: Jan._13_St._Hilary.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"A completely new teaching in the spirit of authority."
Direct download: BC-011308-Tu_1_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"This is the time of fulfillment."
Direct download: BC-011208-M_1_OT_I.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"A voice came from the heavens, 'You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.'"

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

Music is "Not As This World Gives" by Carie Fortney; used by
permission.
Direct download: Baptism_of_the_Lord_Yr_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"The Son of God has come and has given us discernment to recognize the One who is true."
Direct download: Sat._after_Epiphany.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Whoever possesses the Son possesses life."
Direct download: Fri._after_Epiphany.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing."
Direct download: Thurs._after_Epiphany.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O redeemer of captive slaves..."
Direct download: Jan._7_St._Raymond_of_Penafort.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is brought to perfection in us."
Direct download: Wed._after_Epiphany.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 1:00 PM
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"Justice shall flower in His days, and profound peace, till the moon be no more."
Direct download: Tues._after_Epiphany.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O shepherd who walked..."
Direct download: Jan._5_St._John_Neumann.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ come in the flesh belongs to God."
Direct download: Mon._after_Epiphany.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O mother through marriage..."
Direct download: Jan._4_St._Elizabeth_Ann_Seton.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary His Mother."

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

Music composed & performed by Roger Fortney; used by permission.
Direct download: Epiphany_of_the_Lord.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Look there!  The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!"
Direct download: January_3.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O bishops and doctors..."
Direct download: Jan._2_Sts._Basil_the_Great__Gregory_Nazianzan.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Remain in the Son and in the Father."

Direct download: January_2.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O Blessed Virgin..."
Direct download: Jan._1_Mary_Mother_of_God.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them."

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

Music composed & performed by Carie Fortney; used by permission.
Direct download: Mary_Mother_of_God.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O eminent Shepherd..."
Direct download: Dec._31_St._Sylvester_I.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us."
Direct download: Seventh_Day.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The world with its seductions is passing away but the man who does God's will endures forever."
Direct download: Sixth_Day.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O blessed martyr..."
Direct download: Dec._29_St._Thomas_Becket.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The way we can be sure we are in union with Him is if one who claims to abide in Him conducts himself just as He did."
Direct download: Fifth_Day.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O innocent martyrs of the Christ..."
Direct download: Dec._28_Holy_Innocents.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"O three holy persons..."
Direct download: Dec._30_Holy_Family.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon Him."

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

Music by Abouna Joseph; used by permission.

Direct download: Holy_Family_B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O beloved disciple of the Lord..."
Direct download: Dec._27_St._John.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"He saw and believed."

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

Music by Roger Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: St_John.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 3:00 AM
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"O first martyr..."
Direct download: Dec._26_St._Stephen.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"They proved no match for the wisdom and spirit with which he spoke."

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

Music by Carie Fortney and used by permission.

Direct download: St.Stephen.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"You are my Son; this day I have begotten you."

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

Music: "Baby Being Born" from The Innocent Heart, first album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: Christmas_Day.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Today in the city of David a Savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord."

Written & chanted by James Kurt; read by Sylvia Kurt; produced by Carie Fortney.

Music is Christmas Medley arranged and performed by Carie Fortney.  Used by permission.

Direct download: Midnight_Mass_2008.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 8:00 PM
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"Your house and your kingdom will endure forever."
Direct download: A._II_Dec._24.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy teacher of the faith..."
Direct download: Dec._23_St._John_of_Kanty.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"His name is John."
Direct download: A._II_Dec._23.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"His mercy is from age to age on those who fear Him."
Direct download: A._II_Dec._22.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O great defender of the faith..."
Direct download: Dec._21_St._Peter_Canisius.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The Lord God will give Him the throne of David His father."

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

Music: "Removing the Log from my Eye" (first part) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-122108-Su_4_Adv._B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"Blessed are you among women."
Direct download: A._II_Dec._20.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"From my mother's womb you are my strength."
Direct download: A._II_Dec._19.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"He will save His people from their sins."
Direct download: A._II_Dec._18.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"May He rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth."
Direct download: A._II._Dec._17.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, who shall take refuge in the name of the Lord."

Direct download: BC-121608-Tu_3_Adv.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"A star shall advance from Jacob, and a staff shall rise from Israel."
Direct download: BC-121508-M_3_Adv.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O mystical doctor..."
Direct download: Dec._14_St._John_of_the_Cross.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"A man named John was sent by God."

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

Music: "Removing the Log from my Eye" (second part) from Listening to the Lamp, ninth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-121408-Su_3_Adv._B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O bride of our Lord Jesus Christ..."
Direct download: Dec._13_St._Lucy.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah, whose words were as a flaming furnace."
Direct download: BC-121308-Sa_2_Adv.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Silence, all mankind, in the presence of the LORD! for He stirs forth from His holy dwelling."

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

Music by Carie Fortney; used by permission.

Direct download: Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 4:26 AM
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"O Patroness of the Americas..."
Direct download: Dec._12_Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Time will prove where wisdom lies."
Direct download: BC-121208-F_2_Adv.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O bishop of Rome..."
Direct download: Dec._11_St._Damasus_I.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"I will make you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and double-edged."
Direct download: BC-121108-Th_2_Adv.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"My yoke is easy and my burden light."
Direct download: BC-121008-W_2_Adv.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O humble child of the Lord..."
Direct download: Dec._9_St._Juan_Diego.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Like a shepherd He feeds His flock; in His arms He gathers His lambs."
Direct download: BC-120908-Tu_2_Adv.mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 1:00 PM
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"O pure Mother..."
Direct download: Dec._8_Immaculate_Conception.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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"He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before Him."

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

Music composed and performed by Carie Fortney.  Used by permission.
Direct download: Immaculate_Conception.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O good bishop..."
Direct download: Dec._7_St._Ambrose.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way."

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

Music: "Please Even Me Out" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt.

Direct download: BC-120708-Su_2_Adv._B.mp3
Category: Sunday -- posted at: 12:01 AM
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"O bishop of Myra..."
Direct download: Dec._6_St._Nicholas.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"On the day the Lord binds up the wounds of His people, He will heal the bruises left by His blows."
Direct download: BC-120608-Sa_1_Adv..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The eyes of the blind shall see."
Direct download: BC-120508-F_1_Adv..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O blessed teacher of the faith..."
Direct download: Dec._4_St._John_of_Damascus.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"Trust in the Lord forever!  For the Lord is an eternal rock."
Direct download: BC-120408-Th_1_Adv..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"O holy apostle of the Lord..."
Direct download: Dec._3_St._Francis_Xavier.mp3
Category: Saints -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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"The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain."
Direct download: BC-120308-W_1_Adv..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"The earth shall be filled with knowledge of the Lord, as water covers the sea."
Direct download: BC-120208-Tu_1_Adv..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!"
Direct download: BC-120108-M_1_Adv..mp3
Category: Daily BreadCasts -- posted at: 12:00 PM
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