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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.

Apr 29, 2023

(Acts 2:14a,36-41;   Ps.23:1-6;   1Pt.2:20b-25;   Jn.10:1-10)

 

“Whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.”

 

Jesus says in earnest to the Pharisees, “I am the gate for the sheep…  Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.”  But they are as the...


Apr 22, 2023

(Acts 2:14,22-33;   Ps.16:1-2,5,7-11;   1Pt.1:17-21;   Lk.24:13-35)

 

“God raised this Jesus; of this we are all witnesses.”

 

Peter stands up “with the Eleven” and proclaims to all the Resurrection of the Christ, that He who was crucified has been released “from the throes of death.”  David “foresaw and...


Apr 16, 2023

(Acts 4:23-31;   Ps.2:1-9;   Jn.3:1-8) 

“No one can see the rule of God

unless he is begotten from above.”

“Princes conspire together against the Lord and against His anointed,” we are told in our psalm as well as our first reading.  But their rule shall be shattered “like an earthen dish” by the power of the...


Apr 15, 2023

(Acts 2:42-47;   Ps.118:1-4,13-15,22-24;   1Pt.1:3-9;   Jn.20:19-31)

 

“Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

 

Jesus comes to the disciples, repeatedly appearing to them after His Resurrection, to make certain there is absolutely no doubt in them: “Do not be unbelieving, but believe.”  He...