12 x 13 Crossword: “Messianic Secret”
1. Pope St. Leo kept him from sacking Rome
7. Book after Hebrews
12. "I am a flower of ___, a lily of the valleys." (SoS 2:1)
13. Name on a famous B-29
14. With 28 and 42 across, what Jesus did to keep his identity a secret (Mark 3:12)
16. Hoyas, e.g.
17. "Her ___" ("Miss Saigon" song)
18. St. ___ Frances de Chantel, foundress (d.1641, f.8-12)
21. Like the temple veil after Jesus' death
23. Town of Judah, in a Plain of the same name (Neh 6:2)
24. Resurrected
28. See 14 across
32. Saintly mother of Constantine
33. ___ Posadas
34. Hebrew letters
36. "The ___ of Discipleship" (Bonhoeffer classic)
37. Purim's month
40. Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne
42. See 14 across
47. Absalom's army commander (2 Sam 17:25)
48. "Redemptoris ___" (1990 John Paul II encyclical)
49. Some prophets have a sixth, or so it seems
50. Existing
1. Last years palms this year
2. With 17, 29, 44 and 57 across, Mark's introduction, and possibly original title, to his book.
3. Last letter in the Hebrew alphabet
4. Incensed
5. Handed-down history
6. Canaanite fertility goddess
7. Jethro's uncle
8. San ___, Texas, named for a saint of Padua
9. Fr. Joseph ___, who wrote the lyrics to "Silent Night"
10. Yonath ___ rehoqim, Psalm 56 melody
11. "...members of the ___ body" (Eph 3:6)
15. Atlanta university
18. Fr. ___ Johnson, author of "On Earth as It Is in Heaven"
19. "Quinquagesimo ___" (1929 Pius XI encyclical)
20. 50 across, e.g.
22. What the father did to his prodigal son?
25. "Holy" city on the Vire
26. Greek letters
27. Biblical verb (DR)
29. Put down
30. Dir. from Gaza to Carmel
31. The brother of Goliath (1Chr 20:5)
35. "___ Pontificatus" (1939 Pius XII encyclical)
36. Perfume with a thurible, e.g.
37. Latin 101 word
38. Notre ___
39. Son of Ezer (Gen 36:27)
41. Scrape, as the knee
43. "Some ___ meat and canna eat" (Burns)
44. Sacramentine Nuns, initially
45. Book before Sir
46. Ark builder (DR)