"How Lovely Are the Messengers"

It was a couple of weeks ago now, and I was trying to figure out why the phrases of the reading sounded so familiar ...  Well, there's a Mendelssohn piece of the same name, which I had known for a number of years, embedded within this oratorio ... which I only just discovered.

Have a thoughtful Ash Wednesday, mon frères.

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Paulus.