21 x 21 Crossword: “T Minus and Counting”
1. Syrian saint and hermit who founded three monasteries (d.410, f.2-14)
5. "And do not subject us to the final ___..." (Mat 6:13
9. Hobbit's home, usually
13. Prophet or prophecy
19. Esau's land
20. The catechumenate (abbr.)
21. Thyatira locale
22. Stay
23. Mendicant "preacher" acts as an inquisitor?
26. St. ___ Beretta Molla, patron of unborn children (d.1962, f.4-28)
27. The Jairite who was David's priest (2 Sam 20:26)
28. "Honest" President
29. "___ that!" (I totally agree!)
31. "He tethers his donkey to the vine, his donkey’s foal to the choicest ___." (Gen 49:11)
32. The middle of Manchester?
34. City in the mountain region of Judah (Jos 15:58)
36. Wife of Adam, in Latin prayers
39. St. ___ Jogues, SJ, North American Martyr (d.1646, f.10-19)
40. See of St. Leger
41. Michelangelo masterpiece
43. Seventeenth Greek letter
46. Going through Purification and Enlightenment with author Deighton?
49. Action at a fundraising auction
50. Holy abbot of Fleury (d.1004, f.11-13)
53. Sunday privilege and obligation
54. "Exodus" hero
55. IRS payout
57. "___ You Know?" (1991 hit Christmas song)
59. Torah
61. Convent dweller
63. Saintly Benedictine abbot of Aniane (d.843, f.3-7)
64. Met expectations?
65. Moses was told to take hold of this part of a snake (Ex 4:4)
67. Tobiah's mother-in-law
68. Functional beginning?
69. Srs. of St. Dorothy, initially
70. Abraham and Sarah's complaint when told they would have a son?
75. Edwards ___, CA
77. ___ Khan
79. Kind of review
80. "In Dominico ___" (1761 Clement XIII encyclical)
81. U.S. Grant opponent
83. Father of Jesse
84. Denom. headquartered in Nashville (abbr.)
85. Having one sharp, musically
86. "___ of the Dawn" (melody of Psalm 22)
88. Places to live
90. "___ There Be Peace on Earth" (1955 song by Jill Jackson-Miller)
92. Goddess of hope
94. "y ___ sentado a la derecha de Dios, Padre todopoderoso" (El Credo)
95. Battle of Britain grp.
96. Part of an intro for actor Tom, maybe?
101. Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, initially
102. "All My Children" vixen
103. ___ salts
104. "___ you to reap what you have not worked for..." (John 4:38)
108. "...those who commit sin and do evil are their own ___ enemies." (Tob 12:10)
110. "___ Nuperrime" (1956 Pius XII encyclical)
111. Longest prophetic book
112. Brother of Gad (DR)
114. St. Francis' birthplace
117. Santa ___, madre de Maria
118. Pioneer cell phone co.
119. Decapolis city
122. Paterity test results?
126. Applies chrism, e.g.
127. First-class
128. Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate, initially
129. Missouri River native
130. See of St. Francis de Sales
131. Rosary part
132. Saintly Bishop of York (d.705, f.3-9)
133. Apr. 15th IDs
1. Italian family from which came four popes
2. Worships
3. Pax ___
4. Oblates of Mary Immaculate, initially
5. Gad or Dan, for example
6. "___ homo" (Pilate declaration)
7. His descendants were temple servants (Neh 7:47)
8. Subsidiary publisher of St. Benedict Press
9. "...think in ___ with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus..." (Rom 15:5)
10. Basket material
11. Bank claim
12. Whence sunrise comes
13. End of a USCCB address?
14. "Solicitudo ___ Socialis" (1987 John Paul II encyclical)
15. Absalom's army commander (2 Sam 17:25)
16. Chaucer quaffs?
17. St. Anne ___, martyr (d.1601, f.2-27)
18. City in Judah (Jos 15:34)
24. Deal breaker?
25. St. Anthony's city
30. Son of Meshullam (1 Chr 3:20)
33. Arthur Nicholas ___, Bishop of Pueblo, CO (d.2018)
34. Saints of Pomposa and of Anderlecht, namely
35. Airport board stats.
37. God, with "the"
38. Barn topper
40. Slightly
41. "...ruega ___ nosotros, pecadores..." (Dios te Salve Maria)
42. "___ guilt in him." (Pilate's thrice stated verdict in John 18-19)
44. "___ in High Places" (1955 Hannah Hurnard classic allegory)
45. ___ Colonna, a.k.a. Pope Martin V (1417-1431)
47. Religious of Mary Immaculate, initially
48. "...he ___ the heavens being torn open..." (Mark 1:10)
50. Amo, ___, amat
51. Disciple a.k.a. Joseph and Justus (Acts 1:23)
52. Vasterbron or Gamla Lidingobron, notably
56. Beanie Babies, e.g.
58. Big box shoe store
59. Something God cannot do
60. St. ___ Bartholomew Roe, martyr (d.1642, f.1-21)
62. One for Juan?
65. St. Nicholas ___, Franciscan friar and missionary (d.1391, f.11-14)
66. ___ Maria
67. Lo, How a Rose ___ Blooming
71. Back-to-school purchases
72. Biblical nickname for Egypt
73. "Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an ___?" (Luke 11:12)
74. Parish catechetical administrator, briefly
76. King of Sodom (Gen 14:2)
78. What one must not do to the words of Revelation (22:18)
82. St. John of ___, 6th C. hermit (f.7-21)
83. They powered Peter's boat
85. ___, missa est.
86. Hoyas, e.g.
87. Cable channel, briefly
89. The America's Cup trophy, e.g.
91. "...los desterrados hijos de ___." (Dios te salve, Reina y Madre)
92. Father of Gaddi, of Manasseh (Num 13:11)
93. Greek word for light
97. Bhagavad ___, Hindu scripture
98. Mixed with leaven
99. Kind of nerve
100. St. James ___, Martyr of Japan (d.1597, f.2-6)
105. Octaves
106. "One ___, under God..."
107. Requirements for some degrees
109. Pope's fanon
110. Artemis is her Greek counterpart
111. Land originally evangelized by St. Thomas
112. Amalekite king spared by Saul
113. Compos mentis
115. Q-Tip
116. Sandal, e.g.
117. Charity
120. Abbr. before many a priests' name
121. King of Judah who was "like David his father" (1 Kgs 15:11)
123. Handmaids of the Precious Blood, initially
124. St. ___ of Chartres, bishop (d.1116, f.5-23)
125. Book before Wis