Speak the word that comforts and liberates and leads me into your great peace. Open the land that knows no borders, and let me live among your children. Be my daily bread, as surely as you live. You, my breath, when I pray to you.
— Lothar Zenetti (1926–2019), Priester, Theologe, Liederdichter
Topics: Prayer & Silence, Faith & Trust
Lothar Zenetti
Lothar Zenetti (1926–2019) war ein deutscher römisch-katholischer Priester, Schriftsteller und Rundfunkbeauftragter aus Frankfurt am Main. Als wichtiger Wegbereiter des Neuen Geistlichen Liedes verband er moderne Lyrik mit zeitgenössischer Musik, womit er in traditionellen kirchlichen Kreisen zeitweise Kritik auslöste. Bibellesern eröffnet seine schlichte, bildhafte Sprache Zugänge zu biblischen Motiven und ermutigt zu gelebter christlicher Hoffnung über Konfessionsgrenzen hinweg.
All quotes by Lothar Zenetti (6)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Prayer does not change God, but the one who prays.
Søren Kierkegaard
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom
To pray is to draw breath from God.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
God has his ear at your heart.
Augustine of Hippo
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson