1. 16 across and 51 down word for red (LOTR)

6. Member of the order founded by St. Francis of Paola

11. Bl. ___ Angelico, painter (d.1455, f.2-18)

14. Son of Elioenai (1 Chr 3:24)

15. "...that they may be brought to perfection ___..." (John 17:33)

16. Tolkien dwarf (LOTR)

17. St. Maria Bernarda Butler is a native of this country

19. St. Alexius ___ Yong, Korean martyr (d.1866, f.9-20)

20. Holy in Toledo

21. "Gottes Sohn, o ___ lacht" (Stille Nacht)

22. Saul's commander

24. King of Persia (1 Mac 14:2)

27. "What occasion is there then for boasting? It is ___ out." (Rom 3:27)

29. Initials for Jesus

30. "...as I myself first ___ the victory..." (Rev 3:21)

31. Aphrodite's lover

34. ___ Cuore Immacolato di Maria, minor basilica in Rome

37. "___ your hearts, not your garments."

38. Harvest

39. "...I used to talk ___ child..." (1 Cor 13:11)

40. Country from which St. Maria Bernarda Butler and her sisters were caused to flee in 1895

43. Dir. from Florence to Rome

44. Clothed

46. Saintly widow from Cascia, Italy

47. Lord of ___ (Yahweh Sabaoth)

49. St. ___, bishop of Hexham (d.686, f.10-26)

50. "Mass ___ major, by Johannes Verhulst (1853)

51. Land east of Eden

52. Middle easterners claiming Abraham as their father

54. ___ Coat, flower named for a biblical person's garment

58. Holy Land desert

60. ___ Elise, Beethoven classic

61. Indeed

62. Load from a lode

63. Pope who canonized Maria Bernarda Butler in 2008

68. Ages and ages

69. Home town of St. Teresa

70. Vow

71. Littles Srs. of the Assumption, initially

72. "This prefigured baptism, which ___ you now." (1 Pt 3:21)

73. “What did you go out to the desert ___?" (Mat 11:7)

1. St. ___ of Edessa, wife of a pagan priest, and Diocletian Martyr (d.304, f.8-21)

2. Egypt's Sadat

3. "...he gave you ___ from heaven and fruitful seasons..." (Acts 14:17)

4. "Go to the ___, O sluggard, study her ways..." (Prov 6:6)

5. "You will see them coming up by the ascent of ___..." (2 Chr 20:16)

6. Catholic Yankee who broke another Catholic Yankee's HR record

7. Patmos, e.g.

8. Builder of 33 across (DR)

9. "...there was no room for them in the ___." (Luke 2:7)

10. One was given to St. Catherine Laboure

11. St. Maria Bernarda Butler, regarding the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Sinners.

12. Ascend

13. Ally of Abraham (Gen 14:13)

18. "Your teeth are like a flock of ___ to be shorn..." (SoS 4:2)

23. "Your wife Elizabeth will ___ you a son..." (Luke 1:13)

25. Milieu of birds (Gen 1:26)

26. St. Francis ___ Kyong-Hwan, Korean lay catechist and martyr (d.1839, f.9-20)

27. "Why I Am Still a Catholic" author Chervin

28. "He should not try to ___ his circumcision." (1 Cor 7:18)

30. "And you will say, ‘___ and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.’" (Luke 13:26)

32. "...magi from the ___ arrived in Jerusalem..." (Mat 2:1)

33. Goddess of hope

34. Wiseman

35. Laodicea locale

36. City in Colombia where St. Maria Bernarda Butler and her sisters finally settled after fleeing 40 across

37. "At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell in ___." (Rev 11:13)

41. "Away in a manger, no ___ for a bed"

42. Greek letters

45. Biblical weed

48. "___ to Joy"

51. Tolkien dwarf

53. Hebrew daddies

54. Apostle always listed last

55. Host hosts

56. Wife of Adam, in Latin prayers

57. Saintly French hermit of Albi (d.6th C., f.10-28)

58. December air?

59. Cupid

60. San ___, hometown of St. Justin de Jacobis

64. "...los desterrados hijos de ___." (Dios te salve, Reina y Madre)

65. Popular Protestant translation of the Bible (abbr.)

66. EWTN hrs., when it's not DST

67. “No one can serve ___ masters." (Mat 6:24)