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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.

Jun 11, 2026

(Dt.7:6-11;   Ps.103:1-4,8,10,17;   1Jn.4:7-16;   Mt.11:25-30)

 

“He has loved us

and has sent His Son as an offering for our sins.”

 

Who better to hear from on this blessed feast than John, the Lord’s beloved disciple, whose words indeed continually breathe the fact that “God is love” and who eternally...


Jun 10, 2026

O son of encouragement

and of consolation in the Holy Spirit,

you who were filled with faith

and lived that faith for the Lord,

giving up all things to bring His Name forth

to the ends of the earth,

calling all souls

and confirming them in the truth

by the authority of the risen Son –

whose footsteps go forth today

as...


Jun 10, 2026

(1Kgs.18:41-46;   Ps.65:2,10-13;   Mt.5:20-26) 

“You have visited the land and watered it;

greatly have you enriched it.” 

“There is the sound of a heavy rain.”  The Lord is speaking.  The Lord is teaching.  Jesus is revealing the strait path of holiness that leads to the Father, and His words and His Person come...


Jun 9, 2026

(1Kgs.18:20-39;   Ps.16:1-2,4-5,8,11;   Mt.5:17-19) 

“If the Lord is God, follow Him;

if Baal, follow him.”

Today “the only surviving prophet of the Lord” comes to reveal to the people that “the Lord is God!”  Elijah seeks to open the Israelites’ eyes to the presence of God, to bring them “back to their...


Jun 8, 2026

O harp of the Holy Spirit

whose song rose up to Jesus

and in honor of the Virgin Mary,

whose heart was set on Heaven

and the eternal light therein,

and who served so well to defend the faith

when from contemplation you came –

pray we too shall have a song

dedicated wholly to the Lord

welling up in hearts

set on His...