21 x 21 Crossword: “Very Catholic”
1. St. ___ of Slane, Irish druid convert of St. Patrick (d.513, f.11-2)
4. Book of Revelation (abbr.)
8. Saintly wife of St. Adrian, both martyrs (d.306, f.9-8)
15. "Show me the coin that ___ the census tax." (Mat 22:19)
19. HBO rival
20. Bl. John ___ Scotus, Scottish Franciscan (d.1308, f.11-8)
21. Book after Ruth
22. Greek letters
23. These seven are in the Catholic Bible, but not in the Jewish or Protestant Bibles
27. "We saw his star at its ___ ..." (Mat 2:2)
28. "...he gave gifts to ___.” (Eph 4:8)
29. Engages in catechesis
30. Friend of St. Flora of Beaulieu?
31. City north of Mt. Carmel
34. Bhagavad ___, Hindu scripture
38. Test for a college sr.
39. Tax form ID
40. Ezrahite psalmist (Ps 89:1)
41. One of the sacraments not accepted by Protestants
46. Sweepers
47. "Whomever you forgive anything, ___." (2 Cor 2:10)
48. "Holy" city on the Vire
49. Church "fun and fund" raising events
52. Contents of the CIC
55. Self center?
56. "All the holy ___ greet you." (2 Cor 13:12)
57. Churchyard tree in "Romeo and Juliet"
59. Coolers, for short
60. “The gods have come down to us ___ form.” (Acts 14:11)
62. Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, by Ludwig ___
63. Bakery employee
65. Biblical instruments (1 Kgs 1:40)
67. Times of Catholic penitential practice
76. Celebration of the Resurrection
77. Saintly 7th C. French abbess (d.667, f.4-3)
78. New beginning?
79. "___ Humilitati" (1829 Pius VIII encyclical)
82. Catholic cartoonist Keane
83. "He ordered the crowd to ___ down on the ground." (Mark 8:6)
86. Rodin sculpture at the Met
87. Goddess of the dawn
88. Catholic priestly practice for the last millenium, or so
91. Catholic bishop with "primacy"
93. Opp. of fem.
95. Forgive, in a way
96. "At that statement his face fell, and ___ away sad..." (Mark 10:22)
98. Some Catholic verdicts on marital validity
101. Honor
102. "___ Kapital"
105. St. Andrew Dung-___, Vietnamese martyr (d.1839, f.11-24)
106. "Cat on ___ Tin Roof"
108. Mexican money
109. Original name of Joktheel (2 Kgs 14:7)
110. St. John of the ___, Bishop of Aleth (d.1163, f.2-1)
114. Catholic musician Akalyte's genre
116. Our Lady of Prompt ___
118. Sympto-thermal method, e.g.
124. Son of Jacob (DR)
125. Unshaven
126. "...God-___, Father-Forever, ..." (Is 9:5)
127. G.I. entertainers
128. Biblical weed
129. Book before Isaiah
130. Word with Rogation or Ember, e.g.
131. English Bar?
1. Ezra, in the DR
2. French cathedral city
3. John Mark, to Barnabas
4. "...but you are making it ___ of thieves." (Mat 21:13)
5. Post mortem purification place/process
6. Town of Judah, in a plain of the same name (Neh 6:2)
7. Holy Cross Fathers, initially
8. Novena prayers number
9. ___ of Ascents (Psalm Prescript)
10. Subsidiary publisher of St. Benedict Press
11. His descendants were among Solomon's temple servants (Ezra 2:57)
12. The third evangelist, in France
13. "Do ___ the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of he-goats?" (Ps 50:13)
14. Assert without proof
15. Go formally up the aisle, e.g.
16. City of Zalmon, David's warrior (2 Sm 23:28)
17. "For my ___ is easy, and my burden light." (Mat 11:30)
18. Snake sound
24. "...___ this scarlet cord in the window .." (Jos 2:18)
25. Terms of agreement?
26. Blocks
32. Exercised free will
33. Ancestor of Jesus (Mat 1:3-4)
35. Holy images
36. "...de ___ lo visible y lo invisible." (Credo Niceno)
37. Soon
40. E of BCE
42. Son of Rome?
43. "...shall restore the thing that was stolen, the ___ unjustly retained" (Lev 5:23)
44. St. ___ of Kiev (d.969, f.7-11)
45. Time Jesus met the woman at the well (John 4:6)
46. Kind of relief
47. Offering of the Mass
49. Sudden growth in numbers
50. "Quinquagesimo ___" (1929 Pius XI encyclical)
51. Greek letter
52. "No nos dejes ___ en la tentacion." (Padre Nuestro)
53. Against, in the beginning?
54. "In the beginning, ___ God created the heavens and the earth..." (Gen 1:1)
58. Solomonic
61. Jesuit school in Missouri (abbr.)
64. Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, initially
65. "Realize how ___ you have fallen." (Rev 2:5)
66. Cleaning cabinet supplies
68. Dr. ___ Sri of the Augustine Institute
69. Non-ordained
70. City near Padua
71. "___ Nacht" (German Christmas carol)
72. Thomas Anthony ___, Bishop of Spokane, Washington
73. Shusaku ___, Japanese Catholic author of "Silence"
74. Kind of tide
75. "Come ___, all you who labor and are burdened..." (Mat 11:28)
79. Ninth son of Ishmael (Gen 25:15)
80. Old Prayer Book binding leather
81. The A of NCEA (abbr.)
82. Church choir voice
84. "God saw that ___ good." (Gen 1:10)
85. Popular Catholic devotion
86. Likely
89. Island where St. Columba founded a monastery when he came to Scotland
90. "Will not ___ fall into a pit?" (Luke 6:39)
92. "... the beginning and the ___."
94. The personality of a society
96. "___ the one who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding!" (Prov 3:13)
97. "...the poor man had nothing except one little ___ lamb..." (2 Sam 12:3)
99. "...and the child lay his hand on the adder’s ___." (Is 11:8)
100. Juan Conway ___, OSA, American-born Bishop of Chulucanas, Peru (d.2016)
102. Roman persecutor of Christians in 250 AD
103. St. ___ Rodriguez, SJ, mystic (d.1617, f.10-31)
104. Assyrian king
107. St. Modestus' see (d.489, f.2-24)
109. Srs. of Charity of Nazareth, initially
110. Plague member (Ex 8)
111. Tabula ___ (Born a blank slate)
112. Ancestor of some temple gatekeepers (Neh 7:45)
113. "As they shouted out with ___..." (Gene Autry lyric)
115. Catholic actor Alan ___
117. Some, in Salamanca
119. Flabellum, e.g.
120. French town associated with St. John Vianney
121. Year in the reign of Pope Alexander VI
122. Requirement for a Doctor of the Church?
123. River in England which Waltham Abbey overlooks