Short Name: | Jaroslav J. Vajda |
Full Name: | Vajda, Jaroslav J., 1919-2008 |
Birth Year: | 1919 |
Death Year: | 2008 |
Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from Slovak include Bloody Sonnets (1950), Slovak Christmas (1960), An Anthology of Slovak Literature (1977), and contributions to the Lutheran Worship Supplement (1969) and the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). A collection of his hymn texts, carols, and hymn translations was issued as Now the Joyful Celebration (1987); its sequel is So Much to Sing About (1991). Vajda's hymns are included in many modern hymnals, and he was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1988.
Bert Polman
Texts by Jaroslav J. Vajda (56) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Holy Spirit, hear us, On this sacred day | Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 (Alterer) | English | 1 |
I lift my soul to Thee, O Lord | Jaroslav Vajda (Paraphraser) | English | 1 |
A life begins, a child is born | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 (Author) | English | 2 |
[All Bless the God of Israel] | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
Before Your awesome majesty | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
Blessed children, saints, elect of God | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
[Blessed Jesus, Living Bread] | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
Breath of the living God | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 2 |
Christ, the model of the meek | Jaroslav Vajda (Translator) | English | 2 |
Come at the summit of this day and hour | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 2 | |
Come, Lord Jesus, to this place | Jaroslav Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
Come, rejoicing, praises voicing | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 2 |
Dear Father God | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
Faithful Christians, one and all | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 2 |
Gather your children, dear Savior, in peace | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 (Author) | English | 2 |
Giver of every perfect gift | Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 (Author) | 2 | |
Great God, our creator | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919–2008 (Author) | English | 2 |
Holy Spirit, Gift of God | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
How shall we thank you, Christ, our Lord | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 2 |
LORD, I must praise you when I stand in wonder | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
Rock-a-bye, my dear little boy | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 2 |
[See Mary Setting Out at Dawn] | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
Simon, Simon, do you love me? | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 2 | |
Thank the Lord, for he is good (Vajda) | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 2 | |
This glorious Easter festival | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 2 |
This is a time for banners and bells | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 2 | |
Where is that Way we near despaired of finding | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 2 |
Who Could Have Dreamt a Land like This | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 (Author) | 2 | |
You're my good shepherd, I'm your sheep | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 2 | |
Around the World the Shout Resounds | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 3 |
Ever since the Savior came nothing is the same | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 3 | |
In hopelessness and near despair | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 (Author) | English | 3 |
Lord, as you taught us once to pray | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 3 | |
Then the glory then the rest | Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 (Author) | English | 3 |
This child of ours, this miracle | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 3 | |
This touch of love | Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 (Author) | English | 3 |
A woman and a coin — the coin is lost! | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 4 |
Amid the world's bleak wilderness | Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 (Author) | English | 4 |
How Lovely and How Pleasant | Jaroslav Vajda 1919- (Translator) | English | 4 |
If thou but suffer God to guide thee | Jaroslav Vajda (Translator (St. 2)) | English | 4 |
Let Our Gladness Banish Sadness | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 4 |
Make songs of joy to Christ, our head | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 4 |
When You woke that Thursday morning | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 (Author) | English | 4 |
Jesus, take us to the mountain | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 5 |
O God, Father in heaven, have mercy upon us | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Translator) | English | 5 |
Before the marvel of this night | Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 (Author) | English | 6 |
God, my Lord, my strength, my place of hiding | Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 (Translator) | English | 6 |
Dios de las aves, Dios del ran pez | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | Spanish | 7 |
Peace came to earth at last that chosen night | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 8 |
See this wonder in the making | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 (Author) | English | 8 |
Up through endless ranks of angels | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 8 |
Where shepherds lately knelt and kept the angel's word | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 (Author) | English | 10 |
God of the sparrow | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | English | 20 |
Greet now the swiftly changing year | Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 (Translator) | English | 20 |
Go, my children, with my blessing | Jaroslav J. Vajda (Author) | 21 | |
Now the silence, Now the peace | Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919- (Author) | English | 25 |