31 Ocak 2009

Jan Hus, the man of truth

"I am ready to go to Constance and also to suffer for the law of Christ. For he is the king of kings and the master of masters; he has suffered for us and has left us his example that we may follow it; by his death he has destroyed our death, and has invited us to suffer without hope of profit and with humility. It is he who has said, 'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.'"
"O Christ, Son of the living God, have pity on me, on us...Thou who wast born from the Virgin Mary..."

And when he started singing for the first time, at once the wind

brought flame in his face,and so saying his prayers within himself,

moving his lips and head, he breathed his last in The Lord.

Peter of Mladoňovice:

Report on Master Jan Hus