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.
"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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