His songs, for example the popular "Das Weizenkorn muss sterben" and "Segne dieses Kind", appear in both Protestant and Catholic hymnals.

His song "Das Weizenkorn muss sterben" (The wheat kernel must die), part of Catholic and Protestant hymnals, is popular.

[1][5] About 150 of his poems were set to music in the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL), several were included in hymnals, others appeared in song collections and were recorded, like the ballad "Was keiner wagt [de]" by the singer-songwriter (Liedermacher) Konstantin Wecker.

[1][4] He translated hymns by the Dutch priest and lyricist Huub Oosterhuis into German, such as "Ik sta voor U in leegte en gemis" to "Ich steh vor dir mit leeren Händen, Herr" which is part of both Gotteslob and Evangelisches Gesangbuch.

[4] Zenetti worked on the public television series Das Wort zum Sonntag [de],[6] and was the representative of the Catholic Church for the broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk.