God Underneath: God Underneath: Spiritual Memoirs of a Catholic Priest

by Edward L. Beck

Book Overview

A delightfully different approach to religion and spirituality, this collection of engaging personal tales transcends specific doctrines to reveal the presence of God in everyday life. Father Edward... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385501811
• ISBN13: 9780385501811
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Christian/Forum
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Heartwarming and Personal Stories by a Catholic Priest

Fr. Beck brings the reader along for a journey through 21 touching and highly personal stories about his life experiences in this easy to read book. I absolutely could not put the book down and finished it all in one day. Some stories had me laughing, some crying, and others both at the same time! It's very unusual to find someone with a gift of telling stories such as Fr. Beck's. He is able to use brutal honesty to allow you into his heart and soul and to imagine walking hand-in-hand with him through some really challenging situations. Fr. Beck doesn't try to gloss over the fact that life sometimes challenges us, but he shows the reader that there is a bit of magic in the strangest of places!

Intensely Personal and Frank

The biggest surprise of this book is how intensely personal the stories are and how open Father Edward is to sharing his innermost thoughts and feelings. Some of the stories made me cry, both with sorrow and joy. Most of all, they made me want to experience the Spirit in my life as intensely and in such a meaningful way. Father Edward's intent in sharing these stories is to show how the people in his life have shown him the way to find the Spirit beneath, and he succeeds wonderfully in doing the same for the reader. In giving us a peak into his private spiritual life, he magnificently shows what it means to be human in the best sense, to be drawn by the Spirit ever more deeply to that special relationship which gives hope and salvation. This is a book worth savoring and rereading.

Heartwarming, Inspirational Stories

God Underneath is a moving, sincere glimpse into the heart and soul of a religious man. Fr. Edward's real life stories evoke deep feelings of joy, fear, and doubt. He bravely reveals the struggles and rewards of being a Catholic priest. Fr Edward allows us to intimately share with him his personal spiritual journey. These heartfelt and inspirational stories demonstrate the presence of God in everyday life. God touches all of us in different ways. To experience God we simply need to open ourselves up to the events and people around us.I found it refreshing to have a priest put his trust in us by revealing himself so honestly and openly. We are fortunate to have Fr Edward working at God's side.I highly recommend this book to anyone searching for God in their daily lives.

Spiritually moving & inspiring

I just finished reading this book and have to extend my gratitude, praise and prayers to Fr. Beck for sharing himself with his readers in such an honest and giving way. So many of his points, of God being with us in each moment of one's life, of being present to us through others and within oneself, have been deeply moving and greatly inspiring. I strongly recommend this book!!

The human face behind the spiritual mentor...

Told in little vignettes or stories about life serving the people around him (as well as memories of childhood) author Edward Beck offers a revealing, honest glimpse into the challenges and rewards of priesthood. He doesn't gloss over the hardest parts - celibacy, being on call at all hours, the struggles of those he serves. But he also gives an inspiring account of his life, if only by the revelations he shares.