21 x 21 Crossword: “The Octave of Easter”
1. Supplier of cedar for the Jerusalem temple
6. Basilica area
10. "...y libranos ___ mal." (Padre Nuestro)
13. Revelation exile isle
19. Kohathite father of Malchijah (1 Chr 6:26)
20. Bl. ___ Amada de Jesus, religious (d.1913, f.1-6)
21. Ursulines, initially
22. Melodic
23. Polish holy woman whose encounters with Jesus are the basis for this feast
27. Council site in 1027 where the Truce of God was enacted
28. Migrant and Refugee Services, initially
29. The second R in J.R.R. Tolkien
30. Wife of Jacob
31. "...your lovely hind, your graceful ___." (Prov 5:19)
32. Little Srs. of the Assumption, initially
33. "Woman, ___ does your concern affect me?" (John 2:4)
35. "___, and you shall receive."
38. Women in orders (abbr.)
39. With 59, 90, and 103 across, a prayer repeated 50 times in 125 across
45. Home of St. Paul's Basilica and Grotto in Malta
48. Theologian Hans ___ von Balthasar
49. Prayer, in a Benedictine motto
50. "The rain fell, the ___ came, and the winds blew..." (Mat 7:25)
54. Prince of Midian (Jgs 7:25)
55. School grp.
56. "Your wrath lies heavy upon me; all your waves ___ over me." (Ps 88:8)
58. Descendants of Mizraim (Gen 10:13)
59. See 39 across
64. See 4 down
65. "If I speak in human and ___ tongues but do not have love..." (1 Cor 13:1)
66. Town not dispossessed by Manasseh (Jgs 1:27)
67. "Padre Nuestro, que ___ en el cielo..."
69. "Lead us ___ into temptation."
70. ___ Pepper
71. St. Alban Bartholomew ___, priest and martyr (d.1642, f.1-21)
73. "The start of strife is like the opening of a ___..." (Prov 17:14)
75. It might be just or holy?
78. Valley where Achan was "buried" (Jos 7:26)
82. "...especialmente a ___ más necesitadas de tu misericordia." (Oracion de Fatima)
84. Region of Tarsus (Acts 22:3)
88. Wiesel, author of Night
90. See 39 across
93. St. Simon ___, Carmelite of the scapular
95. The M in OFM
96. ___ Lingus
97. Italian bread?
98. "___ do we cry, poor banished children of Eve"
100. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a ___..." (Mat 13:47)
101. St. Colman of Lann ___, abbot (d.612, f.9-26)
102. Amorite name for Hermon (Deut 3:9)
103. See 39 across
108. Last letter in the Hebrew alphabet
111. Chinese "way"
112. Nun's nickname, maybe
113. "Michael, ___ Your Boat Ashore"
114. "Your every ___ should be done with love." (1 Cor 16:14)
117. Son of Appiam (1 Chr 2:31)
119. Rajah's wife
123. ___ Tafari (Haile Selassie)
124. "Desde ___ vendra a juzgar a vivos y muertos." (El Credo de los Apostoles)
125. Devotional prayer given to 23 across, that is said using rosary beads
131. Agrippa and Antipas, for two
132. ___ Bombadil, Tolkien character
133. Asia's ___ Sea
134. "...they will receive ___ authority along with the beast for one hour." (Rev 17:12)
135. Warning beacon hill in Gondor (LOTR)
136. Saintly Irish virgin (d.570, f.1-15)
137. Literally, "numbered" (Dan 5:25)
138. Name meaning "Peace"
1. Mercy (Heb.)
2. ___ dell'Oro, CRS, auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston
3. St. Hildegard of Bingen: Sybil of the ___
4. With 64 across, saintly English martyr (d.1601, f.2-27)
5. "___ Brennender Sorge" (1937 Pius XI encyclical)
6. Noah's debarkation point
7. Name of twelve popes
8. John, Paul and George: Abbr.
9. "Take and ___" (Taize hymn)
10. "May it be ___ to me ..." (Mary's fiat)
11. Rebekah's firstborn
12. Third Evangelist
13. Claw site
14. Celestial altar
15. "That abundance may flourish in his days, great bounty, ___ the moon be no more." (Ps 72:7)
16. Hebrew prophet and lawgiver
17. Schindler, played by Catholic actor Liam
18. Hebrew dry measures equal to about 7 quarts
24. Daughters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, initially
25. 12-year old Ugandan martyr, Bl. Jildo ___ (d.1918, f.10-18)
26. Minnesota's St. ___ College
32. Abraham's nephew
33. "Hark, the ___ angels sing..."
34. Sacramentine Nuns, initially
36. Srs. of the Holy Family, initially
37. "You shall not ___"
39. Antonio ___, Catalan artist who painted Pope Benedict XV
40. Ethnic sect of Rwanda
41. Biblical Hebrew dry measures
42. "... I will never ___ his name from the book of life..." (Rev 3:5)
43. Engedi, e.g.
44. Spiritual self
45. Bl. Anna ___ Gattorno, foundress (d.1900, f.5-6)
46. "East of Eden" twin
47. "Hurting in the Church" author Fr. Thomas ___
51. Norse war god
52. Gerald Nicholas ___, Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, 2008-2016 (d.2020)
53. Jesuit Pierre-Jean de ___, nicknamed "Friend of Sitting Bull"
55. Army E-3
56. Noel singer
57. "So, because you are lukewarm, neither ___ nor cold..." (Rev 3:16)
60. St. ___ of Kiev (d.969, f.7-11)
61. Saul consulted one in Endor
62. "...ruega ___ nosotros, pecadores..." (Dios te Salve Maria)
63. Evil guest at Tobiah's wedding feast (Tob 11:18, 14:10)
68. Father of Zimri (Num 25:14)
72. Malchus' loss (John 18:10-11)
74. "He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are greatly ___." (Mark 12:27)
75. Christopher ___, popularizer of John Paul II's Theology of the Body addresses
76. "Litteris ___" (1830 Pius VIII encyclical)
77. Paul caused one in Jerusalem (Acts 21:30-31)
79. Biblical nickname for Egypt
80. Like a lamb?
81. "Lord, send out your Spirit, and ___..."
83. Kosher seafood requirement (Lev 11:9)
84. "Exultavit ___ Nostrum" (1851 Pius IX encyclical)
85. First murderer
86. Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum, on a cross
87. Sixth Jewish month
89. Root meaning of "catechism"
91. "...where ___ and decay destroy..." (Mat 6:19)
92. Cartoon shriek
94. St. Ethelbert of ___, King (d.616, f.2-25)
99. Greek H
101. 1 Sam character
102. Srs. of the Living Word, initially
104. Son of Lotan (Gen 36:22)
105. Hosea, in the Douay-Rheims
106. Prophet or prophecy
107. ___ Hoshanah, Jewish New Year
108. Church donation
109. Jacob's second son by Zilpah (Gen 30:12)
110. "___ Charity and Love Prevail"
114. "O Come, ___ Faithful"
115. Kosher, in a way
116. Monsignor, e.g.
118. "You shall not make for yourself an ___..." (Ex 20:4)
120. Against, in the beginning?
121. St. ___, monk of Cornwall, England (d.877, f.7-31)
122. St. ___ of Gurk, widow (d.1045, f.6-27)
123. Servant of God, Fr. Patrick ___, of Chattanooga, Tenn. (d.1878)
124. Bl. Vilmos ___, bishop and martyr (d.1945, f.4-2)
126. St. ___ of Herzfeld, widow (d.825, f.9-4)
127. Bibl. quotes, often
128. "...saw a single ___ caught by its horns in the thicket." (Gen 22:13)
129. Parish catechetical leader (abbr.)
130. Paul's "Exodus" role