21 x 21 Crossword: “Catholic Wit”

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  • 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

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  • 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

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