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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.

Nov 30, 2024

(Jer.33:14-16;   Ps.25:4-5,8-10,14;   1Thes.3:12-4:2;   Lk.21:25-28,34-36)

“You are God my savior,

and for you I wait all the day.”

So does David sing of the “just shoot” that will be raised up after him; so does he anticipate the coming of Jesus into our midst.  But, though the Messiah has been born, though He...


Nov 29, 2024

(Rm.10:9-18;   Ps.19:2-5;   Mt.4:18-22)

 

“How beautiful are the feet of those who announce good news!”

 

Alleluia!

We must have “faith in the heart” and “confess with [our] lips that Jesus is Lord”; but how can we believe in Him and call on Him if we have not heard of Him?  “And how can [we] hear unless...


Nov 23, 2024

(Dn.7:13-14;   Ps.93:1-2,5;   Rv.1:5-8;   Jn.18:33b-37) 

“My kingdom does not belong to this world.”

“The Lord is King, in splendor robed,” our psalmist cries.  “King” is our word for our great Lord; it is the best our imperfect thoughts and pale vocabulary can utter.  But much more than king is our Lord Jesus...


Nov 16, 2024

(Dn.12:1-3;   Ps.16:5,8-11;   Heb.10:11-14,18;   Mk.13:24-32)

“He will send out the angels

and gather His elect from the four winds,

from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.”

On that Day “the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from the sky.”  On that...


Nov 9, 2024

(1Kgs.17:10-16;   Ps.146:1,7-10;   Heb.9:24-28;   Mk.12:38-44) 

“She, from her poverty, has contributed all she had,

her whole livelihood.”

Jesus sits in the temple and watches as “the crowd put[s] money into the treasury.”  When He sees “a poor widow… put in two small coins worth a few cents,” He calls His...