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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.

May 31, 2023

(Sir.42:15-25;   Ps.33:2-9;   Mk.10:46-52)

 

“As the rising sun is clear to all,

so the glory of the Lord fills all His works.”

 

“How beautiful are all His works! even to the spark and the fleeting vision!”  “Can one ever see enough of their splendor?”  Yet how blind is man to their glory!  How much we need...


May 29, 2023

(Sir.35:1-12;   Ps.50:5-8,14,23;   Mk.10:28-31)

 

“The just man’s sacrifice is most pleasing,

nor will it ever be forgotten.”

 

Peter is moved today to voice his fear that all that he and his fellow apostles have offered, even their very lives, will not be enough to secure the kingdom of God.  But Jesus reassures...


May 27, 2023

(Acts 2:1-11;   Ps.104:1,24,29-31,34;   1Cor.12:3b-7,12-13;   Jn.20:19-23)

 

“Suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind,

and it filled the entire house in which they were.”

 

What our first reading captures in all its dramatic moment, David’s psalm declares in clarity – “When you send...


May 22, 2023

(Acts 20:17-27;   Ps.68:10-11,20-21,33;   Jn.17:1-11)

 

“Father, the hour has come!

Give glory to your Son that your Son may give glory to you.”

 

A day of departures.  A day of final words and commendations.  Paul bids farewell to the leaders of Ephesus, declaring his faithfulness to them; and Jesus prays to the...


May 20, 2023

(Acts 1:12-14;   Ps.27:1,4,7-8,13;   1Pt.4:13-16;   Jn.17:1-11a)

 

“One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek:

to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”

 

Obedient to the instructions of the Lord, the apostles returned to Jerusalem, where they gathered together in “the upper room” and...