LOOK: Untitled by Kazuo Shiraga
LISTEN: “Glory Be to Jesus” (original title: “Viva! viva! Gesù”) | Words: Anon., Italian, 18th century; trans. Edward Caswall, 1857 | Music by Friedrich Filitz, 1847 | Performed by Wes Crawford on Hymns for This World and the Next, 2024
Glory be to Jesus,
who, in bitter pains,
poured for me the lifeblood
from his sacred veins.
Grace and life eternal
in that blood I find;
blest be his compassion,
infinitely kind.
Blest through endless ages
be the precious stream
which from endless torments
did the world redeem.
Oft as earth exulting
wafts its praise on high,
angel hosts rejoicing
make their glad reply.
Lift we, then, our voices,
swell the mighty flood,
louder still and louder
praise the precious blood!
Art & Theology 
During my years in the Lutheran presbyterate this hymn became the default Post Communion canticle.
This stanza (not included in the post) was always sung a capella
Abel’s blood for vengeance
Pleaded to the skies
But the blood of Jesus
For our pardon cries.
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That’s a striking stanza! This hymn was brand-new to me.
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Hymn # 95 in the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship
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