Transcendence

Jason A. Baguia 01/24/2016

Sister constantly reminded us to take our faith beyond Bible class, an oasis to the spirit amid the desert of Dubai where she taught me and about twenty other boys for at least two years. Come to…

Fire in Amsterdam

Jason A. Baguia 12/13/2015

Be careful. Killers roam the streets of Amsterdam. So said the driver as our bus rolled into the capital of the Netherlands in mid-November. The warning, he explained, referred not to reapers on the loose but to…

Falling up

Jason A. Baguia 11/01/2015

The greenery had begun changing color when he arrived in the port city of Hamburg, Germany. Some, like the weeping willows by the rivers and ponds, retained their verdure long into the autumn. But the rest, like…

Sacred stairs

Jason A. Baguia 03/22/2015

The steps he sought were not inside the peach-coated palace, which in the olden days housed the Holy Father. When you go outside, cross the street to your left. So the receptionist by the door of the…

Love and myrrh

Jason A. Baguia 01/04/2015

Reddish golden rays colored the cold earth as far as his eye could see. It was the first day of the year. The Spanish sun was descending into the horizon. On the backseat of the moving car,…

Stopping by Carmel on a cloudy afternoon

Jason A. Baguia 07/06/2014

He liked to sit in the chapel inside the monastery. It was a good place to recollect oneself and relocate one’s center. The monastery compound, protected by high concrete walls, itself sat within the city, like an…

The last days of Easter

Jason A. Baguia 06/08/2014

The rains returned just as Easter was ending. He felt good. This means El Niño may not be as bad as projected, since it will come in the wet rather than in the dry season. And if…

The journey home

Jason A. Baguia 04/20/2014

Joshua retreated in memory to that late Good Friday afternoon when he stood gazing at a copy church’s curlicued pediment, where a pigeon with plumage in the shades of dusk folded its wings and landed on a…

Glimpses of a true ‘friend zone’

Jason A. Baguia 02/09/2014

Your country’s flag boasts a blue spinning wheel. Mine shines with the sun and three stars. In high school, you sat next to Vernon in the row before mine, and one morning came up to me, the…

Palma: Rise and walk

Jason A. Baguia 12/27/2013

Despite the disasters that rocked the country this year, the faithful must still rejoice, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said during the Christmas Eve Mass at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. “In spite of natural calamities, today, the whole…

Where do we go after we die?

Jason A. Baguia 11/02/2013

Glimmers from Patmos Everything, human life no less, comes to an end. That is the message of the holy days from the end of October to the second of November. The question is, “To what end shall…

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