Crossword and Poem of the Month

Alan Frost January 2020 – No. 75

Clues Across 1 Relationship of Joseph to Mary (7) 6 Consecrated element of Chrism (3) 8 See 1 Down 9 Unconvinced person, as was St Thomas for a while (7) 10 Firm in standpoint or substance (5) 11 Italian town associated with St Francis (6) 13 Saul of ------, became known as St Paul after his conversion on the road to Damascus (6) 15 ------ non sum dignus, ‘Lord I am not worthy’ (6) 17 & 23 Across: ------ ----- laetare, antiphon to Our Lady, ‘O Queen of Heaven, rejoice’ (6,5) 20 Small round containers used to carry the Eucharist to the sick (5) 21 To whom Our Lady presented herself as 1 Down (7) 23 See 17 Across 24 Pope (XIII) who in 1893 asked the English bishops to consecrate the country to Mary* (3) 25 Et in hora mortis ------. Amen, Ave Maria (7)

Clues Down 1 , 8 Across & 7 Down: Mary’s self-definition in ‘The Angelus’ (8,2,3,4) 2 Thoroughly cleans a London prison? (6) 3 Relationship of the Queen to Lady Sarah Chatto (4) 4 The re-dedication of England as Our Lady’s -----, 29 March 2020 (5) 5 Stare searchingly at the heavens (8) 6 Early Irish Saint, abbot and hymn writer, 11 March Feast Day (6) 7 See 1 Down 12 The opposite of the right-hand or dexter (8) 14 Tchaikovsky ballet, currently being performed at London’s Royal Opera House (4,4) 16 Country (and city) where the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is to be found (6) 18 Gaudeamus ------, student drinking song from Middle Ages [‘Let us rejoice while we are young’] (6) 19 Saint of Evesham, who founded the Shrine to Our Lady built there (5) 20 Stiff square covering of the chalice during Mass (4) 22 Ornament adjoining rib vaults in a cathedral or church roof (4)

ANSWERS (* “When England goes back to Walsingham, Our Lady will return to England,”) Across: 1 Husband 6 Oil 8 Of The 9 Doubter 10 Rigid 11 Assisi 13 Tarsus 15 Domine 17 Regina 20 Pyxes 21 Gabriel 23 Coeli** 24 Leo 25 Nostrae Down:1 Handmaid 2 Scrubs 3 Aunt 4 Dowry 5 Stargaze 6 Oengus 7 Lord 12 Sinister14 Swan Lake 16 Mexico 18 Igitur 19 Egwin 20 Pall 22 Boss [** or Caeli]

Jessica d’Este

I Jesus is condemned to death Ever so polite to obfuscate truth With lawful persuasion Make a tactical coining Of precedent fear Obsequious fawning

II Jesus is made to carry the Cross Not different, the weight We create for ourselves Heavy with lies Concentric in season Thicken, divide.

III

Jesus falls the first time And will again So beginning A human end Being heir to failure Loss, pain, suffering.

IV Jesus meets his Mother Her love being source His way of the cross A loving endeavour Her example, endorsed There being no other.

V Simon of Cyrene helps carry the Cross Injustice weighs less With one’s assist to another Suffering makes brothers Insists on a duty Of relevant love.

VI Veronica wipes the face of Jesus Where wiped on a veil Witness relief Compassion is great Its significance, real Enduring: belief

VII Jesus falls a second time Again, a fall Time to recall Injury when Without and within Lies offend love

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