21 x 21 Crossword: “Distributing the Loaves”
1. ___ Obstat, declararion by a Censor Librorum
6. Lacking
10. ___ da Iria, Fatima site
14. Sacrificial service?
18. Place of many Christian martyrdoms
19. Adam's genesis?
20. Memphis bull idol
21. Son of Micah (1 Chr 8:35)
22. "... ___, and binds up their wounds." (Ps 147:3, RSV)
26. The ___-begotten Son
27. Father of Abihail (1 Chr 5:14)
28. St. ___ Goupil, North American Martyr (d.1642, f.10-19)
29. St. ___ Cordoba, layperson and martyr (d.855, f.4-30)
30. "...te damos gracias, Senor Dios, ___ celestial..." (Gloria a Dios)
31. Flat-screen predecessors
32. St. Maria Crescentia ___, virgin (d.1744, f.4-5)
33. "She is a ___ for every unclean spirit..." (Rev 18:2)
34. Catcall, or owl call
35. "Exuente ___ Anno" (1888 Leo XIII encyclical)
36. "Do not let them stand near you, lest they ___ you aside and take your place." (Sir 12:12)
37. Bass, e.g.
40. Beginning of the third commandment
47. Bishop ___ Dell'Oro, CSR, auxiliary of Galveston-Houston
48. Ages and ages
49. Region from which the Assyrians transplanted people to Samaria (2 Kgs 17:24)
50. Our Mother's mother
51. St. ___, bishop of Mercia (d.672, f.3-2)
52. "Quadragesimo ___" (1931 Pius XI encyclical)
54. "Wisdom illumines the face and transforms a ___ countenance." (Eccl 8:1)
55. Gentiles
57. Stevens, who recorded "Morning Has Broken"
58. Shammah's father (2 Sam 23:11)
59. "Danos hoy nuestro pan de ___ dia..." (Padre Nuestro)
60. Catholic college in New Rochelle, N.Y.
61. How "Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews" was written? (John 19:20)
68. "A ___ swayed by the wind?" (Mat 11:17)
69. Fortas and Vigoda, for two
70. Village of men and Hobbits (LOTR)
71. Son of Jacob
72. Prophet or prophecy
75. Letters from Ephesus?
76. Noah was to take one of each unclean animal (Gen 7:2)
77. ___ noire
78. "Vigilanti ___" (1936 Pius XI encyclical)
79. Father of Eliasaph (Num 3:24)
80. ___ Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
81. Pago Pago's place
82. Words of Jesus as Judas approached them in Gethsemane (Mark 14:42)
88. Sacramentine Nuns, initially
89. St. ___ of Kiev (d.969, f.7-11)
90. ___ pro nobis (Pray for us)
91. "___ bien!"
92. "In Manus ___ Domine"
93. Sindarin for "hell" (LOTR)
95. Interminable time
96. "Quod iam ___" (1918 Benedict XV encyclical)
99. Bow
102. Garden planted by God
103. Desert serpents
104. Mother Angelica's station (abbr.)
105. One of the four things the early disciples devoted themselves to after Pentecost (Acts 2:42), and a hint to this puzzle's theme answers
109. Symbol of John's Gospel
110. Catholic Italian Baroque artist Guido ___ (d.1642)
111. Have the nerve
112. Richard ___, English hermit, mystic and religious writer (d.1349)
113. "Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with ___."
114. Greek god of war
115. Brother-in-law of Tamar (Gen 38:8)
116. "We Three Kings" refrain beginning
1. Abraham's grandfather (Gen 11:24-26)
2. Saintly widow of the martyr St. Castulus
3. James Augustine ___, the first African American Catholic bishop in the US (d.1900)
4. "...sight to the ___ blind..." (Thou, Whose Almighty Word)
5. ___ Cruces
6. Catholic liturgical composer Dan ___, who wrote "City of God"
7. Guardians and Angels, e.g.
8. Hebrew prophet, of a sort
9. Neighbor of Isr
10. "... it must be in the form of unleavened ___..." (Lev 2:4)
11. "...whatever ___ the womb...belongs to me." (Ex 13:2)
12. "I am the ___, you are the branches."
13. ___ Wednesday
14. St. ___ of St. Just, missionary and martyr (d.1900, f.7-9)
15. Michelangelo and Verdi's fortes
16. Image often used by Jesus in his parables
17. Letter after Pe
21. Catechized
23. Beat
24. Lord of the hunt, in the Lord of the Rings
25. Campsite for Judas and his men (1 Mac 9:5)
31. Fidelis of ___, Italian soldier-saint and martyr (d.304, f.10-28)
32. Scott or Kimberly, notably
33. Havana's home
34. Believed
35. "For ___ am a person subject to authority..." (Luke 7:8)
36. Srs. of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, initially
37. Descendant of Pahath-moab (Ezra 10:30)
38. St. Colman of ___ Elo, Bishop of Connor (d.611, f.9-26)
39. The Lamb of Revelation had seven
40. St. Catherine de ___, Dominican of Rome (d.1589, f.2-13)
41. Ezrahite psalmist (Ps 89:1)
42. Ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:26)
43. "Lord, send out your Spirit, and ___..."
44. St. Melito's see
45. Birdlike
46. Concubine of Abraham
52. Acquiesce
53. "Your heavenly Father knows what you ___..." (Mat 6:8)
54. The netherworld's won't prevail against the Church
55. "...padecio bajo el ___ de Poncio Pilato..." (El Credo de los Apostoles)
56. Cherub, in Cherbourg
58. First homicide victim
59. Jewish myscicism
60. Crucifix inscription
62. Camaldolese Hermits, initially
63. "Ciao!"
64. St. Albert degli ___, Carmelite hermit of Trapani (d.1307, f.8-7)
65. Plant swelling
66. Big name in stationery
67. "“Quick, three measures of bran flour! ___ it and make bread.” (Gen 18:6)
72. Cistercians of the Strict Observance, initially
73. Regrets
74. Greek god of war
75. St. ___, bishop of Hexham (d.686, f.10-26)
76. "___que seamos dignos de alcanzar..." (Dios te salve, Reina)
77. Cries from Scrooge
79. Soldiers broke those of St. Dismas (John 19:32)
80. "Charlotte's Web" girl
81. "Nana" star Anna
83. "___ Near" (6 down hymn)
84. Accuse
85. “I am too ___!” (Jer 1:6)
86. First Christian martyr
87. Resurrected
92. Church altar, in a way
93. Bl. Helen of ___, widow (d.1458, f.4-23)
94. Patron saint of France
95. Stars, in Kansas' motto
96. Lived
97. Vetus ___, old Latin Bible translations
98. Subordinate to
99. "Let it stand," to an ed.
100. "So that's it!"
101. "Tolle ___" (Command to Augustine)
102. Son of Ram (1 Chr 2:27)
103. Saintly bishop of Builth,Wales (6th C., f.11-16)
104. One of C.S. Lewis' four loves
106. Coach Parseghian
107. St. ___ of Canterbury, abbot of Battle (d.1200, f.7-4)
108. Non-ordained religious, for short