Edgardo Lugo’s Hope for Spiritual Direction
“In my spiritual direction training, I learned that the experience of God can not only manifest itself in oneself and others but also in signs of hope and challenge in social structures, cultural “isms” and in the care of the earth. The ongoing practice of prayer and spiritual direction can help one become aware of the positive and negative effects of our interaction with these areas of our human experience.
I sit with the hope that spiritual direction between two people or groups can enable them to widen their lens and finetune their senses… to nurture an ongoing contemplative stance and release compassion and courage for pastoral action in our suffering world today.”
This month’s reflection is offered by Edgardo Lugo, who works as the Director of Bereavement Services at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. He is a member of St. Francis Xavier Church in Manhattan, and serves on the parish’s leadership team of Ignatian Spirituality and Everyday Life, which offers spiritual direction, the 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises and other spiritual formation programs. Edgardo serves as a Supervisor for the St. Francis Xavier Spiritual Direction Formation Program and for the Spiritual Direction Training Program at Fordham University. He is pursuing a M.A in Christian Spirituality degree with a Concentration on Spiritual Direction at Fordham University.
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