Wednesday of the First Week of Advent (First Reading, Isa 25:6-10a)

"On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a _____ of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines" (Isa 25:6-10a, NABRE).

An elevated surface, tabular in form, on which the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered; The earliest Scripture reference to the _____ is in St. Paul (1 Cor. 10:2).

One of the small bulbs (as in garlic) developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb

Plural: a compound distinguished from a compound with a name ending in -in or -ine —usually -eine in names of bases and -ein in names of nonbases

Jesus: A mustard seed "is the smallest of all _____, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches” (Matt 13:32, RSVCE)

"The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all _____" (Isa 25:8, NABRE)

The alternative name of Helle, a character in Greek mythology who figured prominently in the story of Jason and the Argonauts

"But evil shall come upon you, for which you cannot _____; disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to expiate; and ruin shall come on you suddenly, of which you know nothing" (Isa 47:11).

"This is the Lord for whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he has _____ us!" (Isa 25:9, NABRE)

A long lock of hair, especially the long unbound hair of a woman - usually used in plural