1. Something the first shall be?

5. Long story

9. "In ___ Tuas" (Hymn tune by Herbert Howells)

14. Valley where David slew Goliath (1 Sam 21:10)

15. Mount of "the curse" (Deut 11:29)

16. City in 1 Mc 13:20

17. St. Bede the ___

19. Old Persian coin

20. Great-great-grandmother of King David

21. Old Roman road

22. Looks forward to the fulfillment of God's promises

25. Friend of Frodo (LOTR)

27. Son of Merari (Ex 6:19)

28. "...___ tus ojos misericordiosos" (Dios te Salve, Reina y Madre)

29. Son of Aaron (Ex 6:23)

31. "So Delilah took new ___ and bound him with them." (Jgs 16:12)

33. Author of "Nones," W.H. ___ (1951)

35. "...y libranos del ___. Amen." (Padre Nuestro)

38. "The evil ___" (Satan)

39. St. Bede is one of its patrons

41. Birthplace of St. Joseph Cottolengo

42. Sisters of St. Louis, initially

43. Ruth's mother-in-law

44. Son of Zebulun (Gen 46:14)

46. The Sword of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, a.k.a. the Sword of ___

48. When pressed to go one, go two

49. Expiate

51. Israel's ___ Vashem

54. Country of Teresa and Dominic

55. Glory of the Greeks

56. His descendants were among the post-exilic temple servants (Ezra 2:49)

58. One of David's "Thirty" warriors (2 Sam 23:25)

60. St. Bede was the most important one of his day

64. Chief of the sons of Hebron (1 Chr 15:9)

65. ___ Colonna, a.k.a. Pope Martin V (1417-1431)

66. "Eia ___, advocata nostra..." (Salve Regina)

67. Bishop Francis ___, auxiliary of Detroit

68. What one of the elders told John: "Do not ___" (Rev 5:5)

69. Image often used by Jesus in his parables

1. Book after Ex

2. Belgian Trappist monastery brew

3. ___ Diego

4. Saintly "Little Flower" of Lisieux

5. Biblical grain measure

6. Hebrew daddies

7. Emperor between Nero and Otho

8. Belgian Trappist monastery brew

9. "You are ___, Paul..." (Festus, Acts 26:24)

10. Son of Jeroham (Neh 11:12)

11. Part of England where St. Bede lived at Jarrow

12. Extra-biblical archangel

13. "Anni ___" (1950 Pius XII encyclical)

18. ___ Tafari (Haile Selassie)

22. Subs

23. "___ and Daughters" (Easter Hymn)

24. He named St. Bede "Doctor of the Church"

26. Descendants of Japheth (Gen 10:2)

27. Obeys

30. Jesus ___ Sira, author of Ecclesiasticus

32. Some prophets have a sixth, or so it seems

33. Suffering, as in Gethsemane

34. Bl. James of ___, religious (and glassblower) (d.1491, f.10-11)

36. Son of Gad (Gen 46:16)

37. Burdened

40. Highlands negative

45. Meaning of apocalyptic beasts

47. St. Patrick drove them out of Ireland, (at least metaphorically)

49. "... eating it together, as you would a gazelle or ___." (Deut 15:22)

50. "___, lege" ("Take, read", message to Augustine)

52. Christian hymn "___With Me"

53. "___ alli a de venir a juzgar..."

54. ___ Miguel Island, Portugal

57. "___ judging..." (Mat 7:1)

59. Roaring 20's Catholics Smith and Capone, e.g.

60. "Woman, ___ does your concern affect me?" (John 2:4)

61. Dudgeon

62. Era

63. Land east of Eden