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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.

Sep 15, 2026

(1Cor.12:31-13:13;   Ps.33:2-5,12,22;   Lk.7:31-35)

 

“We piped you a tune but you did not dance;

we sang you a dirge but you did not wail.”

 

“Like children squatting in the city squares and calling to their playmates,” seeking to have them comply with their own selfish will, so are “the men of...


Sep 10, 2026

(1Cor.9:16-19,22-27;   Ps.84:2-6,8,12;   Lk.6:39-42) 

“Although I am not bound to anyone,

I made myself the slave of all so as to win over as many as possible.”

How like His Lord is Paul in his declaration, “To the weak I became a weak person with a view to winning the weak.”  For as Jesus descended from heaven...


Sep 9, 2026

(1Cor.8:1-7,11-13;   Ps.139:1-3,13-14,23-24;   Lk.6:27-38) 

“The measure you measure with will be measured back to you.”

And what is your measuring stick, brother?  Is it the ruler of this earth, limited by eyes of flesh?  Or is it the yardstick of heaven, which reaches unto the Lord’s side and finds us in...


Sep 8, 2026

(1Cor.7:25-31;   Ps.45:11-12,14-17;   Lk.6:20-26)

“The world as we know it is passing away.”

And so, “hear, O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father’s house,” for the King is calling you from this passing world to the heavenly marriage feast – “He is your Lord, and you must...


Sep 6, 2026

(1Cor.5:1-8;   Ps.5:5-7,9,12;   Lk.6:6-11)

“Let us celebrate the feast not with the old yeast,

that of corruption and wickedness,

but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

For indeed, “Christ our Passover has been sacrificed”; indeed, the new Sabbath has come.  And on the Day of the Lord...