"Jesus Christ, Our Blessèd Savior"

Bohemian John Hus (1369-1415) wrote the words to this Christian hymnal “Jesus Christ, Our Blessèd Savior.” Hus moved to Prague as a young boy and managed to get both an B.A. and M.A. After his ordination in 1400, he was the rector for the university for two years. But, his infamy as a reformer caused him to lose his job and be excommunicated from the Church in 1410. Five years later, he was tried for heresy and burned at the stake. “Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior” was written just a few months before John Hus was killed.

The words to this reformation hymn, “Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior” were set to a piece of music in 1535 known as “Jesus Christus.” It was published in Wittenberg in a Christian hymnal called Geistliche Lieder.

“Jesus Christ, Our Blessèd Savior”

Jesus Christ, our blessèd Savior,
Turned away God’s wrath forever;
By His bitter grief and woe
He saved us from the evil Foe.

As His pledge of love undying
He, this precious food supplying,
Gives His body with the bread
And with the wine the blood He shed.

Who so to this board repaireth
May take heed how he prepareth;
For if he does not believe,
Then death for life he shall receive.

Praise the Father, Who from Heaven
Unto us such food hath given
And, to mend what we have done,
Gave into death His only Son.

Thou shalt hold with faith unshaken
That this food is to be taken
By the sick who are distressed,
By hearts that long for peace and rest.

Christ says, “Come, all ye that labor,
And receive My grace and favor;
They who feel no want nor ill
Need no physician’s help nor skill.

“Useless were for thee My Passion
If thy works thy weal could fashion.
This feast is not spread for thee
If thine own savior thou wilt be.”

If thy heart this truth professes,
And thy mouth thy sin confesses,
His dear guest thou here shalt be,
And Christ Himself shall banquet thee.

John Hus was a follower of John Wycliffe who endorsed the idea that people should be able to read the Bible in their own language. Not long before his death and writing of “Jesus Christ, our blessèd Savior,” and while he was being burned at the stake, Hus prophesied that within 100 years God would send someone whose reform could not be stopped, and his prophesy came true in that 100 years later, Martin Luther posted his 95 Thesis on the door of the church of Wittenberg.

“Jesus Christ, Our Blessèd Savior”

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