21 x 21 Crossword: “This is the Night”
1. "Do not clip your hair at the temples, nor spoil the ___ of your beard." (Lev 19:27)
6. Daughter of Jacob and Leah
11. Sixth Jewish month
15. City north of Mt. Carmel
19. Go on and on
20. Modern Persian
21. Where Moses floated among the reeds
22. ___ Mary
23. "On this holy night, the Church keeps watch..."
25. Egyptian Christian
26. "Lead us not ___ temptation"
27. “Please give me a ___ of water from your jug.” (Gen 24:17)
28. "Vive le ___!" (Long live the king)
29. "...being as I am, Paul, an ___ man..." (Phmn 9)
31. Jewish house of prayer
33. Lion's home
34. Cut with a knife, old-style
36. Shusaku ___, Japanese Catholic author of "Silence"
39. Ages and ages
41. Benaiah killed his two sons (2 Sm 23:20)
43. Lewis' Narnian Christ figure
45. "O happy fault" is part of its lyrics
48. Brother and fellow martyr of St. Achilleus (d.1st C., f.5-12)
51. ___ O'Connor, one of the original Saint Louis Jesuits
53. Leb. neighbor
54. "...a son cannot do anything on his ___.." (John 5:19)
56. Reese, of "Touched by an Angel"
57. "The prophet was seated on a ___ when he found him." (2 Kgs 1:9)
61. Long story
64. Letters after New Orleans Bishop Cheri's name
66. Jesus said Satan is one (John 8:44)
67. A king of Midian (Num 31:8)
68. Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum, on a cross
70. "Tolle ___" (Command to Augustine)
72. Greek ceremony honoring the Virgin Mary
74. "___ There Be Peace on Earth" (1955 song by Jill Jackson-Miller)
75. Golden rule beginning
77. Cloistered women
79. ___ Hoshanah, Jewish New Year
80. Jesus, to Muslims
81. Liturgy of the Word feature of 23 across
84. The Camellia variety is named for a Catholic priest
87. Son of Caleb (1 Chr 4:15)
89. Regrets
90. "Jesus entered the temple ___..." (Mat 21:12)
91. "Master, the one you love is ___." (John 11:3)
92. St. ___ of Penyafort, OP (d.1275, f.1-7)
95. Where King Hoshea sent messengers to the King of Egypt (2 Kgs 17:4)
97. "Whoever has ___ ought to hear..." (Rev 2:7)
99. Where Doeg betrayed David (1 Sam 22)
100. Land of Esau's descendants
101. ___ Salvador, Oscar Romero's see
103. Daughters of Mary of Providence, initially
105. Saintly virgin and martyr of Antioch (d.4th C., f.10-8)
107. "Insolence does not ___ mortals, nor impudent anger those born of women." (Sir 10:18)
109. Bk. before Hab
111. Early copies of biblical texts, e.g. (abbr.)
113. "Ah! Those who ___ at guilt with cords of perversity..." (Is 5:18)
114. "Now we ___ that 'faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.'" (Rom 4:9)
116. Purpose of the font at 23 across
120. Kind of Church ministry
124. Old Olds?
126. Town where "fear and dread" fell, listed in Judith 2:28
127. Diego, to whom Our Lady appeared
129. French saint invoked against the plague (d.1379, f.8-16)
130. "To Thee", in Spanish prayer
132. Ego ___
134. God took one from Adam to make Eve
136. Thing not torn by 153 large fish (John 21:11)
138. Hawaii's Mauna ___
139. "___ Search For Meaning" (Viktor E. Frankl book)
141. "Venerable" saint, doctor, and English historian
143. Those receiving 116 across at 23 across
147. "___ say to you..." (Phrase which begins some of Jesus' antitheses in Matthew 5)
148. "I" problems
149. Assumed a prayer posture
150. Confess
151. Order of the Most Holy Redeemer, initially
152. 25% of the Dead Sea
153. Horeb
154. "Therefore, ___ we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens..." (Heb 6:6)
1. St. John of ___, 6th C. hermit (f.7-21)
2. "Like water my life ___ away..." (Ps 22:15)
3. Biblical source for the passage recounting the Jesus' resurrection at 23 across
4. Resident of Tolkien's Fangorn Forest (LOTR)
5. Visionary
6. "Love ___, All Loves Excelling"
7. Son of Bela (1 Chr 7:7)
8. ___ Hammadi, Egyptian archeological site
9. Valley where St. Benedict lived for 25 years
10. Famous 1st C. Pharisee
11. Mandela's org.
12. God of Guatamala?
13. Letter cut into the paschal candle at the Lucernarium
14. "Do not ___ evil for evil..." (1 Pt 3:9)
15. Son of Abdiel (1 Chr 5:15)
16. Illuminating activity at the beginning of 23 across
17. Confirmation, e.g.
18. Son of Zebulun (Gen 46:14)
24. St. Alban Bartholomew ___, priest and martyr (d.1642, f.1-21)
30. Part of a USCCB address?
32. Broke the 8th commandment, in a way
35. Lady's man?
37. Year in the reign of Pope St. Symmachus
38. Brigittine monks, initially
40. Orthodox leader?
42. Warning beacon hill in Gondor (LOTR)
44. "To the married, however, I give this instruction ( ___, but the Lord)..." (1 Cor 7:10)
46. Range separating Asia and Europe
47. “No one can serve ___ masters." (Mat 6:24)
49. River where Gabriel appeared to Daniel (Dan 8:16)
50. St. ___ of Antioch, martyr (d.304, f.4-20)
52. Sentences to hell, e.g.
55. Catholic method of spacing births (abbr.)
57. Jesus' ancestor (Luke 3:23)
58. St. ___, town in Cornwall England named for the Irish St. Ia
59. "Pray for us" is repeated during it
60. Book after Pss
62. Book of the Bible from which we hear "Let there be light."
63. "___ de Vida" (Jaime Cortez hymn)
65. Saintly Queen of Scotland (d.1093, f.11-16)
69. Old Roman road
71. St. ___ of Aran, early Irish abbot (d.530, f.3-21)
73. No ___ dejes caer en la tentacion..." (Padre Nuestro)
76. "Let Your Mercy Be ___" (Haugen hymn)
78. Father
81. ___ Miguel Island, Portugal
82. Serve as lector
83. Half-moon tide
85. Word repeated by Jesus on the cross
86. St. Theobald of ___, layman (d.1150, f.6-1)
88. Father of Machir (2 Sam 9:4)
92. King of Midian (Num 31:8)
93. Summer drinks
94. City symbolizing the northern boundary of Israel
96. Srs. Minor of Mary Immaculate, initially
98. Mother Teresa milieu
102. USCCB sponsored translation of 1970
104. Poor Srs. of St. Joseph, initially
106. Author of Proverbs 30
108. Christmas decoration
110. "Morning ___ Broken"
112. Mustangs home school (abbr.)
115. Levi and Judah, e.g.
117. Hebrew word for lot (Esth 9:26)
118. Halloween options
119. "...in unitate Spiritus ___, omnis honor, et gloria." (Doxology)
121. 23 across is the greatest of this kind of feast
122. Like eastern art?
123. "...to present you as a ___ virgin to Christ." (2 Cor 11:2)
125. Letter cut into the paschal candle at the Lucernarium
128. Book before Tob
130. Place to do readings
131. Greek letters or crosses
133. "You shall not make for yourself an ___..." (Ex 20:4)
135. One of David's "Thirty" (2 Sam 23:36)
137. "In Manus ___ Domine"
140. Book after Wis
142. "...et homo factus ___." (Credo)
144. Commandments number
145. Father of Shimei (1 Kings 4:18)
146. Year that Michelangelo began work on "David"