21 x 21 Crossword: “Biblical Couples”
1. God appeared in a burning one
5. "After this I had a vision ___ great multitude..." (Rev 7:9)
8. Gather hymnal publisher (abbr.)
11. "___eleison"
18. Hindu queen
19. Saintly 14th Pope and martyr (189-199)
21. "...whatever you ___ earth shall be..." (Mat 16:19)
22. Half-elven wife of Aragorn (LOTR)
23. "It was also ___ to wage war against the holy ones..." (Rev 13:7)
24. "___ Sunt", 1755 Benedict XIV encyclical
25. Biblical couple who worked with St. Paul
28. Pilgrim lodgings, often
29. "Da ___ schlägt die rettende Stund" (Stille Nacht)
30. Michelangelo's David, e.g.
31. Where Elijah heard a small whispering voice
35. "Wheel of Fortune" purchase
36. ___ Posadas
38. "...Aram shall be exiled to ___, says the Lord." (Amos 1:5)
41. "The sun and the ___ were darkened..." (Rev 9:2)
42. "Eri tu" e.g. (Verdi)
43. Like the Sinai region
45. Son of Jehallelel (1Chr 4:16)
47. "...they ___ at all who oppose them." (Ps 10:5)
48. Biblical couple against whom Elijah prophesied
54. "At dusk weeping comes for the night; but ___ there is rejoicing." (Ps 30:6)
55. St. Benedict Joseph __ (d.1783, f.4-16)
56. Hebrew name meaning "My God"
57. Srs. of the Divine Savior, initially
58. "Long life is in ___ right hand..." (Prov 3:16)
59. "___ de Vida" (Jaime Cortez hymn)
60. College Board tests for juniors
62. Coastal tourist spot in the diocese of Fall River, Massachusettes
66. Descendant(s) of Aram (Gen 10:23)
67. Biblical couple who were the great grandparents of King David
71. Portend
72. "...where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves ___ and steal." (Luke 6:20)
74. "In the first book, Theophilus, I ___ with all that Jesus did and taught..." (Acts 1:1)
75. Garden planted by God
76. "___ Brennender Sorge" (1937 Pius XI encyclical)
77. "...you will be buried ___ ripe old age." (Gen 15:15)
80. Christmas present necessity
81. Site of early Egyptian monks
82. St. Benedict of ___, monastic reformer (d.821, f.2-12)
85. Biblical couple who were the parents of Joseph and Benjamin
89. Saintly Bishop of Meissen, Germany, patron of fishermen (d.1106, f.6-16)
90. The month Gabriel came to Mary? (Luke 1:26)
91. Diocesan leader?
92. "...they arrived at Gibeah, where a ___ of prophets met Saul..." (1 Sam 10:10)
93. "Holy Is ___ Name" (John Michael Talbot hymn)
94. Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, initially
96. "Be not afraid; ___ before you always." (Dufford lyrics)
97. Marienbad, for one
100. One of C.S. Lewis' four loves
101. Father of Sesai, Ahiman and Tholmai (Jos 15:14, DR)
103. McKellen, who played Gandalf in LOTR
105. Make illegal
108. Biblical couple who lied to the Holy Spirit (Acts 5)
113. Bach piece
116. ___ Festus, successor of Felix (Acts 24:27)
117. When haroseth is eaten
118. Travelling companion of Paul (Acts 20:4)
119. Paul stayed there seven days (Acts 28:13-14)
120. Correct, as text
121. "___ maids and eunuchs came and told her." (Est 4:4)
122. St. John Vianney's town
123. Railroad stop: Abbr.
124. "And do not subject us to the final ___..." (Mat 6:13)
1. Bishop Robert ___, of Word on Fire fame
2. Foolish
3. Has sight of, in the DR
4. "...her many sins have been forgiven; ___, she has shown great love." (Luke 7:47)
5. Colosseum shape
6. "___ at daybreak with your mercy..." (Ps 90:14)
7. "...Zur, who was head of ___, an ancestral house, in Midian." (Num 25:15)
8. Baptismal garment, of a sort
9. Made angry
10. St. ___ of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop (d.651, f.8-31)
11. Saintly mother of Pope Linus
12. More sacred
13. "Who will ___ back the stone for us...?" (Mark 16:3)
14. Biblical couple who were the parents of famous twins
15. "I have ___ my face like flint" (Is 50:7)
16. "...the angel Gabriel was sent from God ___ town of Galilee..." (Luke 1:26)
17. Jerusalem to Jericho dir.
18. Fifth son of Benjamin (1 Chr 8:2)
20. "...and they were afraid ___ him about this saying." (Luke 9:45)
26. "Now there was a royal official whose son was ___ Capernaum." (John 4:46)
27. Birds sent from God during the Exodus
32. "Teacher, we know that you ___ truthful man..." (Mark 12:24)
33. "But the earth was corrupt in the ___ of God and full of lawlessness." (Gen 6:11)
34. Merit
37. What one must not do to the words of Revelation
39. ___, missa est.
40. "...he took out one of his ___" (Gen 2:21)
43. Biblical parents of the Jewish people
44. Norma ___ (Sally Field role)
46. Martyr's feast color
47. "You did not ___ into the breach..." (Ezek 13:5)
48. "...___ that seemed to have been slain." (Rev 5:6)
49. Concubine of Abraham
50. "...with violent ___ contradicted what Paul said." (Acts 13:45)
51. Kid
52. Where David slew Goliath
53. Patron saint of domestic workers (d.1278, f.4-27)
54. King who was given the sign of Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:14)
60. Play on words
61. Sisters of Notre Dame, initially
62. Stevens, who recorded "Morning Has Broken" in 1971
63. Program or device to digitize or compress media files
64. "___ Joy"
65. Bright star in Cygnus
67. Byzantine ___ Catholic Church
68. "Mutato nomine ___ fabula narratur" (Horace)
69. Canaanite rain god
70. Patron saint of Ukraine (d.969, f.7-11)
73. Founding missionary and pioneer of the Pimeria Alta, Eusebio ___ (US Nat'l Park Service)
77. Son of Haman (Esth 9:9)
78. Something to be rendered to Caesar?
79. NT book with twenty-eight chapters
81. Srs. of St. Joseph of Cluny, initially
82. French priest title
83. At hand
84. "...spurned, and we held him ___ esteem." (Is 53:3)
86. Society of Helpers, initially
87. ___ Hammadi, Egyptian archeological site
88. Sag
90. Companions of tax collectors?
93. "The Wounded ___" (Nouwen book)
95. "___ many have undertaken to compile a narrative..." (Luke 1:1)
96. "Blessed are you when they ___ you and persecute you..." (Mat 5:11)
97. PowerPoint parts
98. Father or mother
99. Honor
102. ___magna, liturgical mantle
104. Goodbye "to God"?
106. "Her rival, to ___ her, would torment her..." (1 Sam 1:6)
107. God's mercy in the Bible, e.g.
109. ___ Tinner-Williams, co-founder and editor of "Black Catholic Messenger"
110. “Take and swallow it. It will turn your stomach ___..." (Rev 10:9)
111. Michelangelo and Verdi's fortes
112. Smyrna locale
113. Carmelite Sisters of the Eucharist, initially
114. Book after Dan
115. Choose