ACROSS

1 It becomes the Blood of Christ

5 Not fer

9 Some outdoor gear

13 Precious metals, to Pedro

14 The “B” of N.B.

15 Distinctive dress worn by religious

16 Artist Chagall

17 Picnic intruders

18 Delight

19 “___ boy!”

20 Views

21 In a bit

22 First prime minister of India

24 Scrappy

25 Type of Psalm

27 “Lord ___ us! We are perishing!” (Mt 8:25)

31 United States farmer’s org.

34 The ___ Army of Our Lady of Fatima

35 Good ___

37 Tepees

39 Foot lever

40 Vast seas

41 Parisian heaven

42 Parisian possessive

43 To a smaller extent

44 Scandinavian

46 Merciful

48 From the ___ of Peter

52 He traveled to Jerusalem for what became the first council

55 Calif. college

57 Travel on

58 One-celled protozoa

59 Took to court

60 Egyptian goddess of fertility

61 Ledge

62 Hebridean tongue

63 Narrow opening

64 Flexible tube

65 Org.

66 Queens team

DOWN

1 The ___ at the Well

2 Angry

3 Direction from Jerusalem to Nazareth

4 Steep bank under a rampart

5 French protest cry

6 Patron saint of actors

7 Ardent

8 Monster’s moniker

9 Two-part Asian country

10 Blind as ___

11 Refer to a biblical passage

12 Mob follower?

15 “Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our ___ and shield” (Ps 33:20)

23 Pope (II) who called for the Crusades

26 Donation to the poor

28 Increases

29 Dell

30 Sights

31 Mil. hooky

32 Do a chef’s job

33 Ripens

35 Catholic actor Frawley’s famous TV role

36 Holy object

38 Doesn’t have to be dry cleaned

39 Steadfast

41 Agrees

44 Sickness at the stomach

45 Blend of oil and balsam

47 Mil. branch

49 Road to the altar?

50 Utterly stupid person

51 “…on earth peace to those on whom his favor ___” (Lk 2:14)

52 Scarf

53 Internet-speak comment qualifier

54 Robert E. and family

56 Capital of Yemen