21 x 21: “O Happy Fault”
1. The Andrea Doria, e.g.
5. "For where your treasure is, there ___ will your heart be." (Mat 6:21)
9. Vatican topper
13. "You alone are the ___ High, Jesus Christ."
17. “I will follow you wherever ___.” (Luke 9:57)
18. Spirit (Heb.)
19. Follow, as the law
20. Rebekah's firstborn
21. "There shall also be ___ twenty-five thousand cubits long..." (Ezek 45:5)
22. Gerald Nicholas ___, Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, 2008-2016 (d.11-14-2020)
23. Council site in 1027 where the Truce of God was enacted
24. St. ___ Alvares Pereira, Portuguese general (d.1431, f.11-6)
25. With 49, 83, and 106 across, Words of St. John Chrysostom explaining how God's incredible mercy has benefited us
29. Bard's "before"
30. Biblical high priest
31. "...but only the one who ___ the will of my Father in heaven." (Mat 7:21)
32. "And do not subject us to the final ___..." (Mat 6:13
33. St. John Vianney was its Cure?
36. Wiesel, author of Night
38. Breviary translators (abbr.)
40. Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Emilio ___, SDB
42. Dined
45. The Pharisees showed Jesus one
46. Against, in the beginning?
48. St. Francis' birthplace
49. See 25 across
54. Son born to David in Jerusalem (2 Sam 5:15)
55. "...awesome ___ and mighty signs will come from the sky." (Luke 21:11)
56. Timothy's grandmother (2 Tim 1:5)
57. Dir. from Lyon to Turin
58. Catholic Scripture scholar ___ Harrington, SJ
60. ___ Posadas
61. Abbey inhabitant
62. Clay, after his conversion
63. The second half of "Fides et Ratio"?
66. Peter healed him at Lydda (Acts 9:32)
68. Srs. of Mary of the Presentation, initially
71. About half a cubit
72. ___ Pacis, Roman altar dedicated to peace
73. Son of Manasseh (Gen 50:23)
75. Cote call
78. "...and your feet ___ in readiness for the gospel of peace." (Eph 6:15)
79. Robert William ___, Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
82. St. Hildegard of Bingen: Sybil of the ___
83. See 25 across
87. "Poor ones" of the Old Testament (Heb.)
88. Its king ruled the Negeb (Num 21:1)
89. Ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:33)
90. Episcopal congress site of 1786
91. Roman Emperor 54-68 (var.)
92. "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at ___." (Mat 3:2)
94. Abbess
95. Animal in some manger scenes
96. Greek war lord?
98. Order of the Most Holy Redeemer, initially
101. Book after Ruth (abbr.)
103. Catholic POTUS Biden
106. See 25 across
110. Place to do readings
113. "Whoever strikes someone a mortal ___ must be put to death." (Ex 21:12)
114. "...his ___ in the blood of grapes." (Gen 49:11)
115. "What I do, ___ understand." (Rom 7:15)
116. "The Pharisees have taken their ___ on the chair of Moses..." (Mat 32:2)
117. "Jesus ___ down and began to write on the ground with his finger." (John 8:6)
118. Kine of ___, a species of oxen in Rhun (LOTR)
119. Hebrew month
120. "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my ___" (Psalm 119:105)
121. Garden planted by God
122. Hebrew letters
123. Birthplace of Goliath
1. "___ Lord God cast a deep sleep on the man..." (Gen 2:21)
2. Bedouin town near Beersheba
3. "Not as the world gives do ___ it to you." (John 14:27)
4. Bishop of Rome for two months in 903
5. Saintly Benedictine abbot of Aniane (d.843, f.3-7)
6. St. ___ Cordoba, layperson and martyr (d.855, f.4-30)
7. ___ Domingo
8. "___ of Israel, Lord! all who forsake you shall be put to shame..." (Jer 17:13)
9. "...not a hearer who forgets but a ___ who acts..." (Jas 1:25)
10. Kind of person dedicated to God
11. Gregor ___, Catholic priest called "the father of modern genetics"
12. "The ___ not satisfied by seeing..." (Eccl 1:8)
13. "___, Tekel, and Peres" (The writing on the wall)
14. Ursulines, initially
15. ___ Salvador, see of St. Oscar Romero
16. Et cum spiritu ___
17. Belgian river
21. "When all Israel heard the judgment the king had given, they were in ___ of him..." (1 Kgs 3:28)
26. Easter flowers
27. "___ written in Isaiah the prophet:" (Mark 1:2)
28. The four questions to ask when an argument has come to a "standstill"
33. "Once I was dead, but now I am ___ forever and ever." (Rev 1:18)
34. Tricks
35. River of Notre Dame
37. Crucifix inscription
39. Year in the reign of Pope St. Evaristus
41. Little Srs. of the Assumption, initially
42. Descendant of Midian (Gen 25:4)
43. Descendant of Japheth (Gen 10:2)
44. Kohathite father of Malchijah (1 Chr 6:26)
45. Concerned one
46. Son of Carmi, who violated the ban (Jos 7:1)
47. Peter and Andrew abandoned theirs (Mark 1:18)
48. Father of Gedaliah the governor (2 Kgs 25:22)
50. City doomed by Joshua (DR)
51. King of Moab (Jgs 3:17)
52. Son of Zebulun (Gen 46:14)
53. "May it be ___ to me ..." (Mary's fiat)
59. City captured by the Danites (Jos 19:47)
61. Stood for
64. Bl. Vilmos ___, bishop and martyr (d.1945, f.4-2)
65. Hebrew letter
66. "...striking his head with ___..." (Mark 15:19)
67. Mother of Isaac
68. "Just so, your light must ___ before others..." (Mat 5:16)
69. Member of the order founded by St. Francis of Paola
70. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine ___..." (Mark 12:1)
72. Halo, e.g.
74. ___ Rho, symbol of Jesus
75. Son of Ahilud (1 Kgs 4:12)
76. Namesakes of Mary's mother
77. Herbrew months
78. Amraphel's kingdom (Gen 14:1)
79. Realm of Sauron (LOTR)
80. Brother of Sem and Japheth (DR)
81. Eremite
84. Number of agreeing witnesses required to convict, in Torah
85. Flabellum, e.g.
86. "weeping and ___ of teeth"
92. Cured
93. "Behold, I am laying ___ in Zion..." (1 Pt 2:6)
94. The Dead Sea, or its region
97. Hasidic leader
99. John wasn't worthy to tie the one on Jesus' sandal (John 1:27)
100. "... he asked him to put out a short distance from the ___. (Luke 5:3)
102. Persian empire partner
103. He sailed for Tarshish when sent to Nineveh
104. "Understand, ___ of man..." (Dan *'17)
105. "...et homo factus ___." (Symbolum Nicaenum)
106. Germanic invader of Rome
107. Mother Angelica's station (abbr.)
108. "...he preached good ___ to the people." (Luke 3:18)
109. "Go rather to the ___ sheep of the house of Israel." (Mat 10:6)
110. Desert serpent
111. ___ culpa
112. ___ Mitzvah, Jewish girl's rite of passage