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.
"'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
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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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