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The BreadCast

Daily Exposition of the Readings for Catholic Mass...

as well as Prayers to the Saints on the General Roman Calendar (for the U.S.).  

From the books Our Daily Bread and Prayers to the Saints by James H. Kurt - both with imprimatur.

Jun 25, 2022

(1Kgs.19:16b,19-21;   Ps.16:1-2,5,7-11;   Gal.5:1,13-18;   Lk.9:51-62) 

“No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind

is fit for the kingdom of God.”

We must follow Jesus.  And the path He walks leads to the cross.

Our gospel tells us, “When the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled,...


Jun 24, 2022

(Lam.2:2,10-14,18-19;   Ps.74:1-7,19-21;   Mt.8:5-17) 

“It was our infirmities He bore,

our sufferings He endured.”

And oh how deep are those sufferings; “great as the sea is [our] downfall.”  And graphically are they seen in the destruction of Jerusalem; sharply they pierce the flesh of the Son.

Yes, the Lord...


Jun 23, 2022

(Ez.34:11-16;   Ps.23:1-6;   Rm.5:5-11;   Lk.15:3-7) 

“I have found my lost sheep.”

“We have found reconciliation” through the blood of Jesus Christ.  So the Apostle Paul tells us, and so we know to the depths of our hearts, which are united to His Sacred Heart.  Once we were sinners, scattered like sheep on the...


Jun 19, 2022

(2Kgs.17:5-8,13-15,18;   Ps.60:3-5,7,12-13;   Mt.7:1-5)

“In His great anger against Israel,

the Lord put them away out of His sight.”

Jesus instructs His disciples today, “If you want to avoid judgment, stop passing judgment.”  In other words, “Judge not and you shall not be judged.”  Here is the prerequisite...


Jun 18, 2022

(Gn.14:18-20;   Ps.110:1-4;   1Cor.11:23-26;   Lk.9:11b-17) 

“The Lord Jesus, on the night He was handed over,

took bread, and, after He had given thanks, broke it and said,

‘This is my body that is for you.’”

There is food for all, and it is ever available.  The Lord feeds us with His own Body and Blood, and He...