1. Home of the prophet Samuel

6. Barley bristle

9. "...sed tantum dic verbo et sanabitur anima ___." (Non sum dignus)

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

13. Become one of the elect

15. Garment worn under a stole

16. See of 40 across

17. Unclean lizard (Lev 11:30)

18. Aaron's bloomed miraculously

19. Sisters of Notre Dame, initially

20. Daughters of the Holy Spirit, initially

22. Pope who made 40 across Archbishop of 16 across

24. Great-grandmother of King David

26. What some experience having lost all vital signs, e.g. (abbr.)

27. Follower of Islam

31. Dined

33. "Can any of you by worrying ___ moment to your life-span?" (Luke 12:25)

37. Goddess of wisdom

38. Land east of Eden

39. "Abram moved his tents and went on to settle near the ___ of Mamre..." (Gen 13:18)

40. Baptismal name of Pope St. Paul VI

44. "___ and snow, bless the Lord." (Dan 3:70, ICEL)

45. "___ Wiedersehen"

46. "Provide ___ for Paul to ride..." (Acts 23:24)

47. "...and for my vesture they ___ lots." (John 19:24)

49. Ashkelon to Jerusalem dir.

50. Icons, e.g.

51. Publisher founded in 1912 by Fr. John Francis Noll, initially

53. Afternoon prayer

55. Pope who both beatified and canonized Paul VI

59. Son of Zibeon (Gn 36:24, DR)

60. Letters after New Orleans Bishop Cheri's name

63. Tolkien dwarf (LOTR)

64. "...all blasphemies that people ___ will be forgiven them." (Mark 3:8)

66. ___ Dame, school from which 40 across received an honorary degree while presiding at a Baccalaureate Mass there in 1960

68. "Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma," by Ludwig ___

69. "Ingravescentibus ___" (1937 Pius XI encyclical)

70. Father of 39 across (Gen 29:5)

71. St. Andrew Kim ___-Gon, Korean martyr

72. Ages and ages

73. Lord of the hunt, in the Lord of the Rings

1. "Procure a young bull and two unblemished ___" (Ex 29:1)

2. "So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is ___." (James 4:17)

3. “Come, let us ___ bricks and harden them with fire.” (Gen 11:3)

4. Santa ___, madre de Maria

5. Bl. ___ Stenmanns, SSpS (d.1903, f.5-20)

6. Director Lee

7. Present action?

8. "In ___" (One of two mottos of Pope St. Paul VI)

9. Controversial German Cardinal Reinhard ___, backer of the "Synodal Way"

10. Patron saint of goldsmiths

11. Grandfather of Ethan the Merarite (1 Ch 6:29)

13. Whence sunrise comes

14. "All Glory, ___ and Honor"

21. 1968 encyclical by Pope St. Paul VI

23. What God called the basin of water he had made (Gen 1:10)

25. Richard Charles Patrick ___, Bishop Emeritus of Colorado Springs

27. "Nor did they repent of their murders, their ___ potions..." (Rev 9:21)

28. New York city where St. Marianne Cope grew up

29. "In the ___ of the Fishermen" 1968 Anthony Quinn film about a Slav who became pope

30. Book after Ex

32. ___ Bombadil, Tolkien character

34. "Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds ___ so." (Luke 12:43)

35. "The Divine Comedy" poet

36. "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with ___?" (Luke 22:48)

41. Father of Joshua

42. "Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘___.' (Mat 5:37)

43. "Pleni sunt coeli et terra Gloria ___" (Sanctus)

48. Heavy weight

52. "We have become like the world’s rubbish, the ___ of all, to this very moment." (1 Cor 4:13)

54. They powered Peter's boat

55. "With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your ___ against a stone." (Ps 91:12)

56. Saintly widow from Cascia, Italy

57. "Quinquagesimo ___" (1929 Pius XI encyclical)

58. "Holy" city on the Vire

60. Roman emperor between Galba and Vitellius (d.69)

61. "But deliver us ___ evil."

62. "___ Christianity" (Lewis classic)

65. A as in Austria?

67. Peter's blade?