The Busted Halo Show with Catholic priest Father Dave Dwyer, CSP, is an informative and entertaining take on the Catholic faith. Father Dave and team answer your questions of faith and tackle current issues in our world while having some laughs along the way! This podcast features excerpts from the show on The Catholic Channel -- SiriusXM, channel 129.

Father Dave takes callers' questions on the eucharist, accepting a blessing instead of communion, and the various bells found at church. And of course we have some fun with Team Busted Halo too!

The Busted Halo Show with Father Dave Dwyer is on SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Channel 129, Monday through Thursday, 7:00pm to 10:00pm and Fridays from 2:00pm to 5:00pm Eastern. Give us a call with your questions and comments: 1-888-3-CATHOLIC, or at bustedhalo@thecatholicchannel.org. Go to www.siriusxm.com to get subscription information.

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Father Dave gets on his annual soap-box about this perennial question of faith: can we take Sundays off of our Lenten promises? There seems to be evidence in both columns, and Father Dave takes them all on. Have a listen here first!

The Busted Halo Show with Father Dave Dwyer is on SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Channel 129, Monday through Thursday, 7:00pm to 10:00pm and Fridays from 2:00pm to 5:00pm Eastern. Give us a call with your questions and comments: 1-888-3-CATHOLIC, or at bustedhalo@thecatholicchannel.org. Go to www.siriusxm.com to get subscription information.

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Our first guest today is Amy-Jill Levine, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Levine has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies. Her books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, The Historical Jesus in Context, and as well as the editor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament. With us today to talk about her most recent book, Short Stories by Jesus: the Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Amy-Jill Levine!

The Busted Halo Show with Father Dave Dwyer is on SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Channel 129, Monday through Thursday, 7:00pm to 10:00pm and Fridays from 2:00pm to 5:00pm Eastern. Give us a call with your questions and comments: 1-888-3-CATHOLIC, or at bustedhalo@thecatholicchannel.org. Go to www.siriusxm.com to get subscription information.

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The Busted Halo Show is pleased to welcome our special guests to the program this evening, Rick and Karen SantorumSenator Rick Santorum, a native of Pennsylvania, was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 2012. He served in the House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995 and in the Senate from 1995 to 2007 and is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller It Takes a Family.   His wife Karen Santorum is a former neonatal intensive care nurse and attorney.  She is the author of Letters to Gabriel and Everyday Graces: A Child’s Book of Good Manners.  Karen and Rick are the parents of seven children, and their newest book—just released today--focuses on one of them: Bella’s Gift: How One Little Girl Transformed Our Family and Inspired a Nation , was co-written with their daughter, Elizabeth.  Welcome to the BHS, Rick and Karen.

The Busted Halo Show with Father Dave Dwyer is on SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Channel 129, Monday through Thursday, 7:00pm to 10:00pm and Fridays from 2:00pm to 5:00pm Eastern. Give us a call with your questions and comments: 1-888-3-CATHOLIC, or at bustedhalo@thecatholicchannel.org. Go to www.siriusxm.com to get subscription information.

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