21 x 21 Crossword: “Catholic Wit”
1. ___ Christi
6. “Is ___ brought in to be placed under a bushel basket..." (Mark 4:21)
11. King of Israel married to Jezebel
15. Cistercians of the Strict Observance, initially
19. "Blessed is he who ___ in the name of the Lord."
20. Mesopotamian goddess (2 Mac 1:13)
21. Virtue's opposite
22. Word following inner or upper
23. With 46, 70, 91, and 120 across, a humorous quote from Bishop Fulton Sheen
25. "Lead us not ___ temptation"
26. Mary's mom
27. Soul of Rome?
28. "...only then will ___ you continue to dwell in this place" (Jer 7:7)
29. ___ Brindir, a tall island of the Tindrock (LOTR)
31. Seminary director and counsellor
33. "They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white ___..." (Rev 7:9)
35. St. Giuseppe Maria ___, CR, Cardinal (d.1713, f.1-1)
38. Hebrew letters
39. Biblical region known for its gold
42. "Charlotte's Web" girl
43. Saint of Edessa called the Harp of the Spirit
45. Bl. Joseph Outhay, martyr, ethnically (d.1961, f.12-16)
46. See 23 across
51. Average
54. "___ Are Welcome" (Haugen hymn)
55. "...let yourselves be ___ into a spiritual house..." (1 Pt 2:5)
56. They are blessed
57. "___ want for Christmas ..."
58. "...so that she could ___ to her place in the desert..." (Rev 12:14)
59. St. Martha Wang Luo ___, Chinese martyr (d.1861, f.7-9)
60. Richard ___, OFM, author of "Radical Grace"
62. St. Rafael ___ Baron, Trappist (d.1938, f.4-26)
64. St. ___ Martin, mother of Therese
65. Author of "Rome, Sweet Home"
66. Father of Jonah
67. Grandfather of Saul and Abner (1 Sam 14:51)
70. See 23 across
73. St. Bernardine of ___, OFM (d.1444, f.5-20)
74. "...y esta ___ a la derecha de Dios, Padre Todopoderoso." (Credo de los Apostoles)
76. Ishmaelite in charge of the camels (1 Chr 27:30)
77. Nomad's respite sites
79. Father of Jehu (1 Kgs 16:1)
80. Catholic musician DiMucci, who recorded "Runaround Sue"
81. Gives a source credit
82. Play the mendicant?
85. Cupid, to the Greeks
86. St. Patrick's land
88. King of Moab (2 Kgs 3:4)
89. Bl. Joan of ___, mother of St. Dominic (d.1190, f.8-2)
90. Religious Sisters of Charity, initially
91. See 23 across
95. "Blessed ___ thou among women..."
96. St. John of ___, 6th C. hermit (f.7-21)
98. Its king ruled the Negeb (Num 21:1)
99. To whom a Muslim prays
101. Mesopotamian goddess (2 Mac 1:13)
103. Father of Ahimelech (1 Sam 22:11)
105. Solomon's servant, whose descendants returned with Nehemiah after the exile (Neh 7:58)
108. Pope St. Leo kept him from sacking Rome
110. Religious sch.
111. Mercedarians, initially
112. "Dies ___"
116. Empty, or for naught
117. Vatican City city
120. See 23 across
123. Wiesel, author of Night
124. End of the prayer
125. Name meaning "Peace"
126. Redeemed or healed
127. Esau's land
128. "For every kind of beast and ___, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed..." (Jas 3:7)
129. "Acerbo ___" (1905 Pius X encyclical)
130. Olympic racers
1. 4th C. African saint (f.11-1)
2. December air?
3. Muslem teacher
4. Son of Levi (Ex 6:16)
5. "___ have loved you, so you also..." (John 13:34)
6. Germanic Brit of whom St. Felix of Burgundy was sent as "apostle"
7. They're in Olympic pools
8. "Three cups in manner of ___ on each branch..." (Ex 37:19)
9. "Rise Up, O ___ of God"
10. Church "shepherds"
11. Home town of St. Teresa
12. Hebrew liquid measure (Lev 23:13)
13. "Your every ___ should be done with love." (1 Cor 16:14)
14. Father of Balaam (Num 22:5)
15. Prophet or prophecy
16. "Strengthen me that I may be safe, ever to ___ your statutes." (Ps 119:117)
17. Ben
18. Hebrew bushels
24. Pen point
30. Potent beginning
32. "Whoever has ___ ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches." (Rev 2:7)
34. Snaga, e.g. (LOTR)
35. "And do not subject us to the final ___..." (Mat 6:13
36. Lord of Lima?
37. "In ___" (1891 Leo XIII encyclical)
39. Minnesota's St. ___ College
40. Coffin cloth
41. Sacred
42. San ___, hometown of St. Justin de Jacobis
44. Supplier of cedar for the Jerusalem temple
47. Son of Joktan (Gen 10:28)
48. Child martyr of Huesca, along with her sister Alodia (d.851, f.10-22)
49. "Lumen ___" (2013 Francis encyclical)
50. City allotted to Benjamin (Jos 18:24)
52. Oldest son of Shobal (1 Chr 1:40)
53. Son of Ulla (1 Chr 7:39)
57. Nay sayers
59. Saintly Bishop of Viviers (d.549, f.6-15)
60. Israeli Prime Minister assassinated in 1995
61. Son of Meshullam (1 Chr 3:20)
63. Resurrects
64. Greek letters
65. Egyptian city where St. Justin de Jacobis is buried
66. Saintly virgin and patron of Sicily (d.251, f.2-5)
67. St. Anna's tribe (Luke 2:36)
68. Endures
69. Powerful pope from 1198-1216
71. New Testament Greek
72. "And suddenly there came from the sky a ___ like a strong driving wind..." (Acts 2:2)
75. Church assemblies, of a sort
78. "The Pharisees have taken their ___ on the chair of Moses..." (Mat 32:2)
80. Daughter of Jacob and Leah
81. Saintly Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop of London (d.664, f.10-26)
82. Canaanite rain god
83. Post-exilic priest-scribe of note
84. Birthplace of Goliath
87. Bl. Anna ___ Gattorno, foundress (d.1900, f.5-6)
88. First cousin (and half-brother) of Ammon
91. “As for you, Daniel, keep secret the message and ___ the book until the end time..." (Dan 12:4)
92. Historian's concern
93. Saintly monk of Whitby, and "bishop of the Picts" (d.700, f.12-2)
94. Lindsey, "The Late Great Planet Earth" author
97. "Christ, in ___ Geburt!" (Stille Nacht)
100. Not of the clergy
101. Basilica areas
102. "___ of Two Cities"
104. "...behold, ___ to you prophets and wise men..." (Mat 23:34)
105. Where "the Word became flesh" in v.14
106. Patronage of St. Bernard of Montjoux (Fr.)
107. "Yo Te ___ Mucho" (Classic Spanish hymn)
109. St. Cosmas or St. Damian, ethnically
111. "...kings will ___ from you." (Gen 17:6)
113. Wander
114. "I looked out in the night, and there was a man mounted on ___ horse..." (Zec 1:8)
115. "All the ___ of the earth have seen the saving power of God" (Psalm response)
118. Oblates of Mary Immaculate, initially
119. "La ___" (Debussy classic)
121. Son of Bela (1 Chr 7:7)
122. Book before Prov