Bach's music is profoundly healing

The first video below is from Bach's Cantata 21. ​This is the first time I have ever had the honor to sing this aria. Bach's Cantata 21 is full of grief, pain, and the testimony that Christ can get us through it.
The aria is "Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not" and some (experts) call it Bach's most profound aria he ever wrote.

The german text in this aria describes the soul's deepest expressions of darkness. Translated:
"Sighs, tears, grief, distress, anxious yearning, fear and death, gnaw at my constricted heart;I feel misery, pain."

On a personal note: 
I had a particularly hard year this past year (as I had a miscarriage and then a stillbirth in a row one after the other this past year ...and now have two angel babes.) ... I may make a separate post about that sometime soon honoring that experience... But I just want to say that I know that life gives us ups and downs, and it is my faith in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that gets me through it. His atonement is infinite and gives us inner peace in turmoil. This aria evokes all of these complexities of pain, grief, and yearning. As is well-known, Bach was certainly acquainted with grief. 

The second video I am sharing is Quia Respexit Humilitatem, of Mary, acknowledging her humble circumstance, to be privileged to be the mother of Christ's earthly existence. The text translation is: 

Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae: "For he has regarded the lowliness/humble estate of his handmaiden".
Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes: "For behold, from henceforth all generations will call me blessed".
Chorus joyfully enters and asserts with a punctuation mark: "All Generations"

The Bach Academy Festival was a joy to participate in in this way, singing joyfully, under the infallible direction of Dr. Andrew Megill, with singers and conductors from all over the U.S. (and world) participating that week in the multiple masterclasses, seminars, and conducting classes all about the master, Bach.