The
Catholic priest Alois Albrecht, who worked at the
Bamberg Cathedral, and the composer
Peter Janssens wrote "" in collaboration in 1991, in an effort to express faith in contemporary texts and music in a genre known as
Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL). The hymn is in seven
stanzas of four lines each. Every stanza begins with the same line, talking about someone who came some day and then describing aspects of the person, first in neutral attributes but later by information that identifies him as
Jesus. The first stanza refers to the charm of his voice and message and of the warmth of his words. In a broadcast about the hymn, Ruth Schneeberger noted that Jesus is described as if someone who first met him reported how they were fascinated by the delivery of his message. The song is part of
Ein Segen sein, the edition of the Catholic hymnal in German
Gotteslob for young people, as No. 562, and of several songbooks, including other collections for young people and
ecumenical songbooks, including
rise up plus. == References ==