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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.

Jul 31, 2022

O patron of moral theologians

and servant of the poor,

how blessed was your loving wisdom,

your understanding of God

and His love for us,

made perfectly known

in His only Son

whom you loved so much

with His Mother and the Church,

and whom you call us all to love

through your blessed words –

pray the redeeming love


Jul 31, 2022

(Jer.28:1-17;   Ps.119:29,43,68,79-80,95,102;   Mt.14:13-21) 

“Take not the word of truth from my mouth,

for in your ordinances is my hope.”

The word of truth is what Jeremiah speaks in the face of the lies of Hananiah. The false prophet declares in the name of God: “I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, king of...


Jul 30, 2022

O strong and holy apostle,

soldier for the Lord Jesus

and defender of His Church,

you gathered together an army

to labor in mission fields,

to educate the masses,

to serve and die as loyal sons

of the Christ and His Pope –

teach us this day

to follow in the way of Jesus,

to meditate on His life

and be fruitful in His...


Jul 30, 2022

(Ec.1:2,2:21-23;   Ps.90:3-6,12-14,17,95:7-8;   Col.3:1-5,9-11;   Lk.12:13-21) 

“If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above,

where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.”

Yes, “all things are vanity!” without God.  All is empty, for “like the changing grass” our life “wilts and fades”; we are...


Jul 29, 2022

O you of golden words,

of angelic tongue,

of sermons refined

seven times

by the Spirit of God…

O how you made present on earth

the invisible Creator

even as He was made for us

in the womb of the Virgin,

so tangible had His grace become

through the preaching the Lord inspired

in your soul –

pray we shall indeed be...