21 x 21 Crossword: “Initial Meaning”
1. "West Side Story" faction
5. Srs. of the Reparation of the Congregation of Mary, initially
9. National dish of Vietnam
12. Heaven, in a way
17. Razor brand
18. Part of the first loin cloth
19. Guns
21. Ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:35, DR)
22. Where the Caesars reigned
26. California's Fort ___
27. "...there is only a ___ between me and death." (1 Sam 20:3)
28. Chef Lagasse
29. Carpe ___
31. Temple porter (1 Chr 15:18, DR)
32. Anointed One
34. Perfect, in a way
37. Blood-typing letters
38. Love less
40. Roman emperor between Galba and Vitellius (d.69)
42. St. ___ d'Autun, bishop (d.678, f.10-2)
43. Agcy. involved in the Human Genome Project
44. God, in his proper place
50. Missionary Srs. of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God, initially
51. "Beetle Bailey" creator Walker
52. "The Lion King" lion
53. "Hope" in a 2007 Benedict XVI title
56. "Let Your Mercy Be ___" (Haugen hymn)
58. Ryan's "Love Story" co-star
61. 10th-century conqueror
65. Milieu of birds (Gen 1:26)
66. Utah resort
68. Beside
70. "Cool!"
71. Oath
76. Bikini, e.g.
77. Myrrh, e.g.
78. "...flawless from the ___ of his foot to the crown of his head." (2 Sam 14:25)
79. Bee follower?
80. Aramaic
82. "___ llamamos, los desterrados hijos de Eva" (Dios te salve, Reina y Madre)
83. "...for we ourselves forgive everyone in ___ to us..." (Luke 11:4)
85. "___ Got the Whole World in His Hands"
86. Cancer, e.g.
88. Mo. dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows
92. Alpine river
94. Those who don't hold to the doctrine of the Trinity, e.g.
102. Parseghian of Notre Dame
103. Kind of branch/leaf the dove brought Noah
104. St. Ethelbert of ___, King (d.616, f.2-25)
105. Ancient Syria
107. Abner's father
108. Marian apparition site in Portugal
110. St. Benedict of ___, monastic reformer (d.821, f.2-12)
114. Father of Shimei (1 Kings 4:18)
115. Latin 101 verb
117. Bishop whose feast is celebrated with his brother bishops Wiro and Plechlem (d.753, f.5-8)
119. "Sicut ___ in principio et nunc, et semper" (Gloria Patri)
120. Gather hymnal publisher (abbr.)
121. Sepulcher
126. Where Tamar seduced Judah (Gen 38)
127. "Ut Unum ___" (1995 John Paul II encyclical)
128. Cur's sound
129. Catholic college in New Rochelle, N.Y.
130. St. Nicholas, familiarly
131. The "S" of CBS: Abbr.
132. Catholic sci-fi author ___ Wolfe, author of "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" (d.2019)
133. Against, in the beginning?
1. Son of Gilead (1 Chr 5:14)
2. God, with "the"
3. "___ Humilitati" (1829 Pius VIII encyclical)
4. Catholic actor Mineo who played Uriah in "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (d.1976)
5. A deadly sin
6. "Every important case they should ___ to you..." (Ex 18:22)
7. St. Edmund ___, priest and martyr (d.1581, f.12-1)
8. Juilliard deg.
9. Annual high school dance
10. Ban, or doom of destruction
11. "God who is ___ be blessed forever. Amen." (Rom 9:5)
12. "We ___ Called" (Haas hymn)
13. "___ Nasha" (Son of Man, in Aramaic)
14. “___, be merciful to me a sinner.” (Luke 18:13)
15. Different spelling, maybe
16. Italian missionary to Mexico, Venerable ___ Kino (d.1711)
20. Struck dead
23. Missionary Servants of Christ, initially
24. Moses' father-in-law
25. Connect to a power source
30. Fr. Joseph ___, who wrote the lyrics to "Silent Night"
33. "...kings will ___ from you." (Gen 17:6)
35. Aired again
36. By and by
39. Letters after ees
41. "Alleluia, the Strife is ___" (Easter hymn)
45. Genre related to goth
46. Horeb
47. "Illos tuos misericordes ___ ad nos converte" (Salve Regina)
48. Ever
49. Baseball great Rod
53. Ottoman "war"
54. Devotion
55. Item in a certain syllabus?
57. Buddhist monument housing sacred relics
59. Timothy's grandmother (2 Tim 1:5)
60. "___ We Trust"
62. Father of Achish, king of Gath (1 Sm 27:2)
63. "They put him to death by hanging him on ___." (Acts 10:39)
64. Bumps
67. "___ was in the beginning..."
68. "Honest ___"
69. Region east of the Jordan
72. Biblical scholar ___ Camille
73. St. ___ Assisi, female follower of Francis
74. Cistercians, initially
75. Father of Jeroboam
81. "Cheers" barmaid
84. Put to the test
87. An Englishman, during Roman times
89. Johann ___, 16th-century defender of Catholicism
90. Get ready for possible conflict
91. Ga. neighbor
93. Antipollution org.
94. All there
95. Publicist Brownson who converted to Catholicism in 1844
96. One of the Persian officials in Esther 1:14
97. Distinguished bishop of Vienne, St. ___ (d.518, f.2-5)
98. Unbeatable foe
99. Saint-___ (Loire's capital)
100. Place of Elves in the Second Age (LOTR)
101. Most important
106. Son of Adiel (1 Chr 9:12)
109. Suffering, as in Gethsemane
111. Indo-European
112. Translation produced by the USCCB and the CCD in 2010
113. Command for D.D.E.
116. Clan head of Shuthelah (Num 26:36)
118. New newts
122. "___ brennender sorge" (1937 Pius XI encyclical)
123. Philanthropist Hogg
124. Total: Abbr.
125. "Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada ___" (Padre Nuestro)