21 x 21 Crossword: “A-vowel of Faith”
1. Church babysitting, initially
4. Sarhad Yawsip ___, Eparch Emeritus of the Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle
9. Son of Carmi, who violated the ban (Jos 7:1)
14. Absalom's army commander (2 Sam 17:25)
19. His descendants were post exilic temple servants (Neh 7:47)
20. Destroyer destroyer
21. "Venga a nosotros tu ___..." (Padre Nuestro)
22. Belief in God through reason
23. What Bartimaeus called the Lord (Mark 10:47)
26. Before dawn, e.g.
27. Rachel and Leah, e.g.
28. "It is better for you to ___ one of your members..." (Mat 5:29)
29. "He was indeed ___, close to death..." (Phil 2:27)
30. Hebrew letters
31. "...on the ten-stringed ___ offer praise." (Ps 33:2)
32. Descendant of Pahath-moab (Ezra 10:30)
34. Brief prayer for the dead? (abbr.)
37. Resident of Tolkien's Fangorn Forest (LOTR)
38. Subsidiary publisher of St. Benedict Press
39. B-G connection
40. Augustine followed him before he followed Christ
41. "Like ___ far from the nest so is anyone far from home." (Prov 27:8)
44. Meeting of 529 which condemned semi-Pelagianism
48. "If the whole body were hearing, where would the ___ of smell be?" (1 Cor 12:17)
49. Son of Benjamin (Gen 46:21)
50. Ancient
51. Dostoyevsky novel, with "The"
52. “Find out whose son the ___ is.” (1 Sam 17:56)
53. Wears out
55. "y se apartaron el uno del ___." (Gen 13:11)
56. Docket
57. Pallium pins (Lat.)
58. Hindu site of the Taj Mahal
59. Comic Charlotte
60. Dutch city where 14 across Stein lived as a nun
61. "For if you love those who love you, ___?" (Luke 6:32)
69. Some deer
70. Srs. of the Holy Spirit, initially
71. Latin 101 verb
72. "Blessed ___ thou among women..."
73. Biblical writer?
76. Lothlorien treehouse (LOTR)
77. "Fides et ___" (1998 John Paul II encyclical)
78. “I say to you, rise, pick up your ___, and go home.” (Mark 2:11)
79. Son of Gad (Gen 46:16)
80. To bind and to ___
81. Big fuss
82. Become one
84. Story related in Acts 9
87. More rational
88. "These are the ___ on the path..." (Mark 4:15)
89. "The ___" (Matt Baglio book)
90. Having one flat
91. Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, initially
92. Belief sys.
93. "Yet you have made him little ___ than a god..." (Ps 8:6)
94. Is in debt
96. Biblical family groups
98. Movement founded by Bishop Bernard Sheil of Chicago in 1930 (abbr.)
99. “Am I ___ that you come against me with a staff?” (1 Sam 17:43)
100. Patriarch appointed to the see of Constantinople by Emperor Michael, causing an East-West schism from 863-867
102. Right start?
105. David Haas hymn
109. Kingdom of men in LOTR
110. "___ of Two Cities"
111. L'___, where Henri Nouwen worked
112. Popular Protestant translation of the Bible (abbr.)
113. ___ apple
114. "Look, I am groaning beneath you, as a ___ groans when laden with sheaves." (Amos 2:13)
115. His son was Solomon's governor in charge of the kings food supply in Makaz (I Kgs 4:9)
116. Book after II Thess
1. Medical Srs. of St. Joseph, initially
2. "...unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and ___..." (John 12:24)
3. Engedi, e.g.
4. Saintly priest and member of the Congregation of the Mission in Ethiopia
5. "For even if I am ___ in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit..." (Col 2:5)
6. St. Peter Martinez played an important role in driving them out of Spain
7. "___ Search For Meaning" (Viktor E. Frankl book)
8. Great Plains Indian
9. Passion
10. "... if tongues, they will ___" (1 Cor 13:8)
11. Item often found in depictions of St. Ambrose
12. Temple porter (1 Chr 15:18, DR)
13. Land east of Eden
14. ___ Yarbro Collins, Catholic Scripture scholar
15. Church potluck, e.g.
16. "...the birds of the ___" (Gen 1:26)
17. Sisters of St. Louis, initially
18. Catholic Supreme Court Justice, ___ Coney Barrett
24. Aisle escorts
25. Harry Joseph ___, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (d.2019)
29. Data
31. Morning Prayer in Milan
32. "___ te" (Part of the Gloria)
33. “I ___ the ranks of Israel today. Give me a man and let us fight together.” (1 Sam 17:10)
34. Rhoda "...___ and announced that Peter was standing at the gate." (Acts 12:14)
35. "My soul rests ___ alone, from whom comes my salvation." (Ps 62:2)
36. Michelangelo masterpiece
38. "He stood up ___ and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah." (Luke 4:16-17)
39. St. Anthony Mary ___, patron of weavers (d.1870, f.10-24)
40. "...prayer by the church was fervently being ___ God on his behalf." (Acts 12:5)
41. "A copy of the decree to be promulgated ___ in every province was published to all the peoples..." (Esth 3:14)
42. Where Paul prayed with the church in Tyre? (Acts 21:5)
43. Country where Mother Teresa's order began
44. Core groups of trained personnel
45. Sunday singer
46. Greek vowels
47. "___, the world also does not know you, but I know you..." (John 17:25)
54. "...if two of you ___ on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted..." (Mat 18:19)
56. Where Luke's second telling of the Ascension is found
60. Hymn tune by Mozart
62. Musical embellishments
63. "God __" (What 1 Jn 4 says twice about the divine nature)
64. "Bless us, O Lord, and ___..."
65. "Not a hair of the ___ anyone of you will be lost.” (Acts 27:34)
66. Israeli political party
67. Preach, e.g.
68. "...all blasphemies that people ___ will be forgiven them." (Mark 3:8)
73. First saint listed in a group martyred by King Shapur II in 339
74. Origami bird
75. The second R in J.R.R. Tolkien
76. Baptismal fixtures
77. "...he gave you ___ from heaven and fruitful seasons..." (Acts 14:17)
80. Timothy's grandmother (2 Tim 1:5)
83. C.S. Lewis kingdom
85. “___ in Dios, Padre Todopoderoso...”
86. Jerusalem was under one in 70 AD
91. "When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and ___ you?" (Mat 25:38)
93. St. Irenaeus' see
94. Saintly abbot of Cluny responsible for All Souls Day (d.1049, f.1-1)
95. "...the tunic was seamless, ___ in one piece from the top down." (John 19:23)
96. Actor Norris who was recently ordained and Orthodox priest
97. Largest Muslim group
98. Brother of Sem and Japheth (DR)
99. Amalekite king spared by Saul
100. Read (over)
101. Part of an ACTS retreat or LifeTeen mass, maybe
102. ___ pro nobis (Pray for us)
103. "Whoever spares the ___ hates the child..." (Prov 13:24)
104. Arabic letter
105. Hebrew letter
106. Elijah's beginning?
107. Israel's ___ Vashem
108. Srs. of the Visitation, initially