I’ve found what I’m looking for says U2 star!
Rock star Bono has opened up about his Christian faith, declaring: “I pray to the risen Jesus.”
The U2 frontman, who is also famous for his humanitarian and philanthropic work, revealed how he holds family prayer meetings and gets his inner strength from God.
Speaking to Irish TV station RTE One, Bono – real name Paul Hewson – said: “[I pray to] the risen Jesus. Jesus went around saying he was the Messiah. That’s why he was crucified. He was crucified because he said he was the Son of God.
“So he either, in my view, was the Son of God, or he was nuts. And I find it hard to accept that millions and millions of lives, half the earth, for 2,000 years, have been touched, have felt their lives touched and inspired by some nutter. I just don’t believe it.”
The singer, 53, said his wife Ali and their four children – Eve, Jordan, Elijah and John – share his Christian beliefs.
He revealed: “I pray to get to know the will of God, because then the prayers have more chance of coming true. I mean, that’s the thing about prayer.
“We don’t do it in a very lofty way in our family. It’s just a bunch of us on the bed, usually – we’ve a very big bed in our house. We pray with all our kids, we read the Scriptures, we pray. We sometimes just slip into church and find some peace and quiet and say our own prayers.”
Aside from his prolific music career, Bono is an avid social entrepreneur. In 2002, he co-founded DATA, an AIDS and poverty awareness organisation that went on to form ‘ONE: The Campaign To Make Poverty History’.
His faith has been an ongoing factor in his advocacy work, and it even cropped up in the lyrics of some of his most famous U2 hits including ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’, ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘The Wanderer’.