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Highlights from this episode of American Catholic Radio include:

St. Jerome was a doctor of the Church whose life work was intimately bound up with the study and translation of the Sacred Scriptures.

Deacon Patrick Moynihan left a lucrative career as a commodities trader and manager to become a missionary and serve the poorest of the poor in Haiti, helping them attain an education and ensuring a more positive future.

Father Hilarion Kistner responds to questions:
• What is the scriptural basis for speaking in tongues?
• Should Jesus' command to leave family and possessions to follow him be taken literally?
• What's the meaning of the Beatitude “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied”?

This program’s Mnute Meditation is from Jesus in the House: Gospel Reflections on Christ#146;s Presence in the Home by Allan F. Wright.

In observance of the Year of St. Paul, Father Norman Langenbrunner examines the head-to-head confrontation between two great Church leaders—;Sts. Paul and Peter—;over the issue of how to treat Gentile converts.

Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., is one of the American representatives to the world synod of bishops examining the role of Sacred Scripture in Christian life. In the first of a two-part interview, he offers his own reflections on the place of the Bible in Catholic life and the goals of the synod.