The author of the text was born Elisabeth Steiner in 1908 in Venningen, The Palatinate. She became a Dominican nun in 1928, adopting the name Petronia. From 1942, she worked for a new hymnal for the Diocese of Speyer. She became the director of a new school of higher education for girls in Speyer, then called Nikolaus-von-Weis-Schule, in 1953 and remained in the position until 1974. In 1976, she became Superior General (Generaloberin) of the "Institut St. Dominikus Speyer" institution.
