21 x 21 Crossword: “Reverse Course”
1. Filippini Religious Srs., initially
4. Canaanite rain god
8. Soul of Spain?
12. Son of Hotham (1 Chr 7:35)
16. King to whom Elijah prophesied
18. Actual being
19. "So now take your hunting ___ — your quiver and bow..." (Gen 27:3)
20. St. ___ Ronconi, OFS (d.1292, f.5-8)
21. Saintly Bishop and Confessor (d.431, f.6-22)
24. "One of you puts to ___ a thousand..." (Jos 23:10)
25. Young woman saved by Daniel
26. "For six years you may sow your field, and for six years ___ your vineyard..." (Lev 25:3)
27. Daughters of the Heart of Mary, initially
28. "Ubi ___" (1871 Pius IX encyclical)
29. St. Theodore ___, martyr of Amasea (d.306, f.11-9)
30. Baldassare ___, antipope (John XXIII)
31. Latin Lord
33. "Take courage, ___" (Mark 6:50)
35. Roman version of Aton
36. God showed Pharaoh the future in one
38. Lay Catholic evangelist and radio host, ___ Lloyd
39. "May it be ___ to me ..." (Mary's fiat)
40. Refuse absolution, maybe
41. Garden planted by God
42. Bishop's deg., often
43. End of a Loyola address?
44. Two millenia, to magi
45. Christian ___
46. "___ Dei Sapientia" (1961 John XXIII encyclical)
50. Miriam, to Aaron
52. St. ___ of Herzfeld, widow (d.825, f.9-4)
54. Cut down
55. "Alleluia, the Strife is ___" (Easter hymn)
56. Miter, e.g.
57. Biblical judgment "bench"
59. “The snake tricked me, so I ___ it.” (Gen 3:13)
60. "Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with ___."
61. What God did as a sign to Hezekiah (2 Kgs 20:9-11), and something found (in a way) in this puzzle's theme answers
68. Ancient Syria
69. In medias ___
70. Arabic for "commander"
71. Abner's father
72. "A time to rend, and a time to ___..." (Eccl 3:7)
73. The Black Madonna, e.g.
75. Greek letters, and part of each theme answer
76. "Then the eyes of both of them were ___, and they knew that they were naked..." (Gen 3:5)
80. Part of the Latin Liturgy of the Eucharist
82. "___ Multa Luctuosa" (1873 Pius IX encyclical)
85. "Therefore, since we have such hope, we ___ very boldly..." (2 Cor 3:12)
86. Bother
87. Liturgical color for Pentecost
88. Son of Appiam (1 Chr 2:31)
89. Convert to Catholicism and SCOTUS nominee, Robert ___
91. Chief of the Moria orcs (LOTR)
92. Hebrew weight equal to about 7.6 grams
93. "Stainless" medal chain metal
94. Resident of Tolkien's Fangorn Forest (LOTR)
95. Mosque officials
96. Saintly French abbot and Bishop of Angers (d. 550, f.3-1)
98. Like a lamb?
100. Book after Rom
101. Parish catechetical leader (abbr.)
102. "Master, I want to ___." (Mark 10:51)
103. River of Damascus (2 Kgs 5:12)
104. Saintly "Little Flower" of Lisieux
107. "Gift of ___ Wheat" (Proulx hymn)
109. Saintly friar and missionary to Argentina (d.1610, f.7-14)
111. St. ___ of Antinoe, Egyptian laywoman (d.286, f.5-3)
112. Father of Zimri (Num 25:14)
113. P.D.Q.
114. Pedro de ___, antipope Benedict XIII
115. Missionary Servants of St. Anthony, initially
116. "From the ___ of the earth I call..." (Ps 61:3)
117. Unclean animal (Lev 11:6)
118. "Fr. ___" (movie starring Mark Wahlberg)
1. Bible atlas entries
2. Puah, in the DR
3. He and his saintly brother Jovita were martyrs under Hadrian (d.120, f.2-15)
4. Saintly Bishop of Meissen, Germany, patron of fishermen (d.1106, f.6-16)
5. Bl. Pedro ___ Mendia (d.1936, f.8-29)
6. "He shall be a wild ___ of a man..." (Gen 16:12)
7. St. ___ Bogdan Mandic, priest (d.1942, f.7-30)
8. Latin Lamb of God
9. Da Vinci
10. Part of God's image? (Gen 1:27)
11. Coach Parseghian
12. His descendants were among Solomon's temple servants (Ezra 2:57)
13. "The Great," as in St. Albert
14. St. Peter of Mt. ___, hermit (d.734, f.6-12)
15. Things cast?
17. ___ Pascal
20. Omnipotent, biblically
22. Crucifix inscription
23. Priests, briefly
24. Franciscan Handmaids of Mary, initially
27. Monk's title
30. Nay sayer?
31. Full brother of Naphtali
32. Michelangelo's David, e.g.
33. Bad day for Caesar
34. Bl. Jacopone of ___, religious (d.1306, f.12-22)
35. How the woman at the well addressed Jesus (John 4:11)
37. Lo, How a Rose ___ Blooming
40. Swiss Reformed theologian Karl
42. The Camellia variety is named for a Catholic priest
44. "The Pharisees have taken their ___ on the chair of Moses..." (Mat 32:2)
45. Condemn to hell, e.g.
46. Catholic actor Baldwin
47. Richard ___, OFM, author of "Radical Grace"
48. "Your heavenly Father knows what you ___..." (Mat 6:8)
49. Greek god of war
51. "...the fever left her and she waited on ___." (Mark 1:31)
52. "Ghosts" author Henrik ___
53. Jupiter, e.g.
54. Fourth day creation (Gen 1:16)
58. Era
59. Son of Aaron (DR)
60. Biblical weed
61. Mozart's "great" one was in C Minor
62. "Jesus entered the temple ___..." (Mat 21:12)
63. "When it was already ___, Jesus was standing on the shore..." (John 21:4)
64. Romantic or sexual love
65. Potent beginning
66. Irish apparition site
67. Half of the shortest verse in the Bible. (Jn 11:35)
73. ___ est (liturgical send-off)
74. What an animal must chew to be clean?
77. N of 22 down
78. Land of 106 down
79. Biblical slur that can mean gentiles or male prostitutes
81. "Away in a manger, no ___ for a bed"
82. Dir. from Bologna to Rome
83. Camaldolese hermit, and patron saint of Provins (d.1066, f.6-30)
84. Travelling companion of St. Paul
85. "Blessed ___ thou among women..."
88. "___a Wonderful Life" (Capra classic)
89. Son of Jehoiada, one of David's top warriors (2 Sm 23:20)
90. "The evil ___" (Satan)
91. Ethically indifferent
92. "Annus Iam ___" (1920 Benedict XV encyclical)
93. U.S.Catholic writer ___ Stanton
95. Breviary translators (abbr.)
96. Met expectations?
97. Thing not torn by 153 large fish (John 21:11)
99. How Cat Stevens recorded "Morning Has Broken"?
100. "...from him ___ to receive them again" (2 Mac 7:11)
101. Minim Daughters of Mary Immaculate, initially
103. Son of Dishan (Gen 36:28)
104. Nicholas II, for one
105. "Allatae ___" (1755 Benedict XIV encyclical)
106. Father of the Edomites
108. Named period of Church history
109. Brothers of the Holy Eucharist, initially
110. Sisters of St. Anne, initially