"Beams of Prayer is Lynn Salata's selection of short passages from Father Farrell's eight books to which she particularly resonated, each accompanied by her own reflections on the same idea or approach. In some of her responses, Salata balances Farrell's original insight with her own feminine point of view, or applies what he writes to her own quite different daily life. Beams of Prayer is divided into twelve somewhat overlapping sections of writings on light / insight, on sacrament, especially the Eucharist, on the multi-faceted presence of God, on discipleship, on the true self. Father Farrell's reflections are in prose (although anything but prosaic); Lynn Salata's, in free verse. Their book is intended to be read, not in one sitting, but rather, selectively, slowly, as individual 'seeds of contemplation.' The attitude of both authors is gentle, optimistic, contemplative, with little emphasis on the 'dark night of the soul.'" --Genevieve Casey, formerly Head Librarian, Wayne State University

"Lynn Salata has collected some of the spiritual reflections of Father Edward J. Farrell's eight published books into one anthology. For readers who have been inspired by the priest's writings over the past two decades, this volume is one that will be appreciated." -- Clare Boehmer, ASC in Review for Religious, November-December 1999