21 x 21 Crossword: “A Prayer For All Time”
1. LithuSaint of Maastricht, hermit turned missionary (d.679, f.2-6)
6. Church choir members
10. New Testament love (Gk)
15. Dry river bed in the OT
19. Mesopotamian goddess (2 Mac 1:13)
20. Father of Balaam (Num 22:5)
21. "___ Virginitas" (1954 Pius XII encyclical)
22. Sacred Egyptian bull
23. Beginning of an oft-repeated prayer in 17 down
26. "___ Impendet" (1931 Pius XI encyclical)
27. "Lo, How a Rose ___ Blooming"
28. Catholic actor Mineo who played Uriah in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (d.1976)
29. "recibe ___ misma adoracion y gloria..." (Credo Niceno)
30. "...Jesus left and ___ from them." (John 12:36)
31. Year in Claudius's reign
32. Strike
34. Tolkien shepherd of trees
36. Peace of Saint Petersburg?
38. Catholic College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
39. "...___ this scarlet cord in the window through which you are letting us down." (Jos 2:18)
42. Place on the southern border of Canaan (Gen 10:19)
44. ___ pro nobis, "Pray for us."
46. Becomes transfigured, e.g.
48. Prayer continued
52. Spirit medium? (John 20:22)
53. Neighbor of Syr.
54. Orthodox leader?
55. "For never have I ___ anything profane and unclean.” (Acts 10:14)
58. "Ut Unum ___" (1995 John Paul II encyclical)
59. Diagrams
61. ___ Hoshanah, Jewish New Year
64. Quote
65. "The caravans of ___ search..." (Job 6:19)
68. "No one ___ a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak." (Mark 2:21)
70. Fridays of Lent no-no
72. Stevens, who recorded "Morning Has Broken"
73. Prayer continued
77. "___Salvi" (2007 Benedict XVI encyclical)
79. Pitcher Hershiser
80. Lithuania and Latvia, once
81. He and his brothers Claudius and Asterius were martyred in Cilicia under Diocletian (d.304, f.8-23)
82. Catholic author Ghezzi, who wrote "The Heart of Catholicism"
84. Bl. Pedro ___ Mendia (d.1936, f.8-29)
86. "Siddhartha" author
88. End of the prayer
92. Bishop of "Life is Worth of Living"
94. Deg. for catechetical leaders (abbr.)
96. Fleece condition requested by Gideon
97. St. Benedict of ___, monastic reformer (d.821, f.2-12)
99. Prayer continued
104. Hates
106. Plant seeds
107. Halloween option
108. Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, initially
109. Eucharistic Franciscan Missionary Sisters, initially
110. Little Srs. of the Poor, initially
112. Michael J. ___, Bishop of San Angelo, Texas
114. "A city ___ on a mountain..." (Mat 5:14)
115. Half of a 1955 merger: Abbr.
116. Some M.I.T. grads
118. River in England which Waltham Abbey overlooks
120. Daughters of the Holy Spirit, initially
122. End of a USCCB address?
125. Catholic musician DiMucci, who recorded "Runaround Sue"
127. Prayer continued
131. Almond
132. Father of Abram
133. Son of Aaron (DR)
134. Profession of Faith
135. Most altar wines
136. "___ and Daughters" (Easter Hymn)
137. Cure
138. Catholic Yankee who broke another Catholic Yankee's HR record
1. Cherub, in Cherbourg
2. Part of God's image? (Gen 1:27)
3. Gandalf wielded this flame against the Balrog (LOTR)
4. Saul's grandfather
5. Word with Rogation or Ember, e.g.
6. Annul
7. First recorded word of God in the Bible (Gen 1:3)
8. Samuel's great-great-grandfather (2 Sm 1:1)
9. Name meaning "Peace"
10. "I set my bow in the clouds to serve ___ sign of the covenant..." (Gen 9:13)
11. Birthplace of Goliath
12. Ancestor of Jesus (Mat 1:14)
13. Foretell
14. "Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ___..." (Mark 4:28)
15. Blanched
16. Practical verbal explanation or defense of the faith
17. With 105 down, where this puzzle's theme answer is prayed often
18. Book before Jeremias (DR)
24. Campsite on the Exodus route (Num 33:26)
25. Papal vestment
33. "This is the story of the heavens and the earth at ___ creation." (Gen 2:4)
35. St. Francis Trung Van ___, Vietnamese martyr (d.1858)
37. Pi follower
38. "___ Tanta" (1919 Benedict XV encyclical)
39. Bible study aids
40. Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum, on a cross
41. Tree of life site
42. Father of Moab and Ammon
43. City near San Damiano
45. Ally of Abraham (Gen 14:13)
47. “The snake tricked me, so I ___ it.” (Gen 3:13)
49. Saintly bishop (f.2-15)
50. Jesuits and Benedictines, e.g.
51. Puts to the ban, e.g.
56. Greek vowel
57. American Catholic missionary association directed toward youth (abbr.)
59. Some are inert
60. Nothing-but-net sound
62. Saintly abbot for which the river of Paris was named (d.580, f.9-19)
63. Love less
66. St. Colman of Lann ___, abbot (d.612, f.9-26)
67. St. Nicholas' see
69. "...our bones are ___ at the mouth of Sheol." (Ps 141:7)
71. Number of agreeing witnesses required to convict, in Torah
73. Dan Schutte classic hymn
74. "You cannot ___ the depths of the human heart..." (Jud 8:14)
75. Compliance
76. Diarist Nin
77. Katharine Drexel's Srs. of the Blessed Sacrament, initially
78. Letter after ayin
83. Peter offered to make three (Mat 17:4)
85. Aphrodite's lover
87. "Hatred ___ up disputes, but love covers all offenses." (Prov 10:12)
89. "___ Search For Meaning" (Viktor E. Frankl book)
90. Ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:38)
91. "...he preached good ___ to the people." (Luke 3:18)
93. Advanced degree?
95. “Imagine what we would accomplish together if we left our ___ at the door.” - Robert M. Drake
97. St. ___, pope (d.681, f.1-10)
98. It may be picked
100. Norse underworld, or its goddess
101. Jewish sect of which Josephus wrote
102. "It is not good for the man to be alone. ___ make a helper suited to him." (Gen 2:18)
103. Necessary
104. "...Jesus, the ___ and perfecter of faith." (Heb 12:2)
105. See 17 down
111. Peter of Alcantara?
113. Psalms interjection
117. Zeus took this form to be with Leda, a mortal
119. French priest title
121. Srs. of Reparation of the Congregation of Mary, initially
122. "...he will rule ___ the house of Jacob forever..." (Luke 1:33)
123. St. Teresa Margaret ___, Discalced Carmelite (d.1770, f.9-1)
124. Catholic sculptor Pierre Le ___, the Younger (d.1719)
126. Letters from Nazianzen?
127. From ___ Z
128. Initials for Jesus
129. "___ ergo, advocata nostra..." (Salve Regina)
130. Named period of Church history