There is much on this earth that can greatly disturb us. We find our peace in the Lord Jesus Christ, in His Word, in Psalm 91, which reads:

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.

”Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling,no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.

For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

On 8 July 2020, Bishop Dr. Rudolf Voderholzer presided over the Pontifical Requiem for Apostolic Protonotary and Music Professor Georg Ratzinger in the High Cathedral of Saint Peter in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.

A 16-member special men’s vocal ensemble, consisting of former members of the Cathedral of Saint Peter Men and Boys Choir, sung this piece under the direction of cathedral conductor Christian Heiss.

From 1964 to 1996, Reverend Monsignor Ratzinger led the Regensburger Domspatzen and worked as Cathedral Conductor. He died on 1 July 2020 at the age of 97. This piece was the last one he conducted in his 32-year directorship.

Mendelssohn's oratorio, “Elijah,” of which this piece is a part, was commissioned by the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival and premiered on 26 August 1846, at the Town Hall, Birmingham. It was composed to a German text translated into English by William Bartholomew. Following its premiere, it was revised until late February 1847. Mendelssohn died on 4 November 1847, after a series of strokes.

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