21 x 21 Crossword: “Saint Nick-Names”
1. Cardinal color
4. Church altar, in a way
9. Admits
14. Late cardinal Edward ___ of New York
18. "...nor will I ___ strike down every living being, as I have done." (Gen 8:21)
20. Prophet from Moresheth (Jer 26:18)
21. General assembly?
22. St. Bede the ___
23. Worship
24. "...and fill the water of the ___..." (Gen 1:22)
25. Author Deighton
26. "I Still Believe" singer Mariah
27. Rodin sculpture at the Met
28. Hebrew dry measures equal to about 7 quarts
29. Profession of Faith
31. Forte
33. Mount of "the curse" (Deut 11:29)
36. Bag-checking org.
37. "The more the ___"
40. "Dropped" word that is still a no-no
43. Carrier to Tel Aviv
45. "Litteris ___" (1830 Pius VIII encyclical)
46. River of Rome
47. Biblical tribe
51. Execute, in a way
54. Bills, e.g.
56. Grandson of Adam
58. What a bishop must do at 75
59. Logos download, e.g.
61. "As the ___ longs for streams of water" (Psalm 42:1)
63. Roman emperor between Galba and Vitellius (d.69)
65. Holy Kolbe, familiarly
66. Gregory ___, Bishop of Sale, Australia
68. Latin 101 verb
70. Door fastener
72. "___ we forget"
73. St. Hildegard of Bingen, the ___
77. Monk's quarters
80. Literally, "king"
81. Balkan native
82. Makes, as a sacrifice
86. Fields
88. "...iron bars I will ___." (Is 45:2)
90. Gerard Manley Hopkins, notably
92. Dialogue writer
93. Communication with the divine
95. "___ the night before ..."
97. How David referred to himself when speaking to Saul (1 Sm 24:15)
99. Pitcher Hershiser
100. Jewish sect of which Josephus wrote
102. Big name in cheese
104. "...they are ___ for themselves..." (Rom 2:14)
106. Resurrect
107. Psalms interjection
108. Wife of Isaac (Rom 9:10)
112. Garment worn under a stole
115. Bl. ___ of Freising, O.Cist., bishop (d.1158, f.9-22)
117. Kosher mountain goat (Deut 14:5)
119. Muscle
120. Courage
122. Enlarge, as a hole
125. Car dealer's offering
128. Land east of Eden
129. Saintly bishop of Ireland, disciple of Patrick (4th C, f.4-23)
130. Concubine of Abraham
132. St. Maximus the ___
134. "You ___ the kingdom of heaven before human beings." (Mat 23:13)
135. "Halt, salt!"
136. "But Moses ___ to the Lord, “Since I am a poor speaker..." (Ex 6:30)
137. Biblical boat and box
138. Fast times
139. The wife of Raguel (Tob 7:2) and namesakes
140. Book before Prov
1. Hold in high esteem
2. Plane, e.g.
3. Lion's lair (Dan 6:17)
4. Site of St. Patrick's legendary showdown with the Irish pagans
5. Food thickener
6. Tower site
7. St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the ___
8. Dir. from Turin to Milan
9. Town on the border of Asher (Jos 19:26)
10. "Pan de ___," Spanish eucharistic hymn
11. Beginning of a Christmas hymn
12. It might be just or holy?
13. "___ is more precious than corals,,," (Prov 3:15)
14. "...on the seventh day he rested at his ___." (Ex 31:17)
15. St. Albert the ___
16. Delhi nannies
17. St. Gregory's see in Cappadocia
19. Draw back in horror
25. Little Company of Mary, initially
27. Pueblo brick
28. The Hebrews in Egypt, e.g.
30. St. George the ___
32. "___ prima" (1871 Pius IX encyclical)
34. Babylonian idol (Dan 14:3)
35. Angel or Guardian, e.g.
38. "Yadda, yadda, yadda"
39. "On the ___ to Damascus" (Place of conversion)
41. "Ask ___ questions... "
42. St. James, the ___
44. St. Therese of Lisieux, the ___
48. "In the course of ___ Cain brought an offering to the Lord..." (Gen 4:3)
49. Apostolic and patristic, e.g.
50. Noon prayer
51. Book before Jas
52. Honest ___
53. "___ Mediocri" (1893 Leo XIII encyclical)
55. Bitumen and pitch, e.g. (Ex 2:3)
57. St. ___ Makhlouf, monk (d.1898, f.7-24)
60. "You have taken away the ___ of knowledge." (Luke 11:52)
62. Battle of Britain grp.
64. ___ Kosh B'Gosh (giant in overalls)
67. Atlanta-based channel
69. John, Paul and George: Abbr.
71. St. Padre ___
74. Initials for Jesus
75. Cool, once
76. The Sympto-Thermal method (abbr.)
77. Pellegrina, e.g.
78. Sins, in a way
79. Grasslands
83. "Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ___..." (Mark 4:28)
84. 66, e.g.: Abbr.
85. Roman sun god
87. Renowned scripture scholar Donald ___, CP (d.2022)
89. Peel
91. Rend
94. 'They shall never enter my ___." (Ps 95:11)
96. Place near Aenon where John was baptizing (Jn 3:23)
98. Bass, e.g.
101. "I have ___ my face like flint" (Is 50:7)
103. Marvelous, in slang
105. Mother superior
109. Bark boats
110. Catholic and Christian, e.g.
111. Sackcloth ___ ashes
112. St. Teresa's birthplace
113. “Come to me, all you who ___ and are burdened..." (Mat 11:28)
114. St. Moses the ___
116. Prominent Church music instrument
118. Arc lamp gas
121. Tolkien baddies (later variant)
123. Nod, vis-a-vis Eden
124. Michelangelo and Verdi's fortes
126. Shave lotion brand
127. "He ___ himself, then goes off and promptly forgets..." (Jas 1:24)
130. Protestant author Lindsey, of "The Late, Great Planet Earth" fame
131. ___ Maria
132. J.S. Bach's son, initially
133. "The Racer's Edge"