Acts 5:17-26 / John 3:16-21
The one worded question "How?" can be said to be the question that probes into how things happen, or how things work, or how things came to be.
It is a question that can lead to investigations and discoveries as the matter in question is analysed and discussed to find out the cause.
In the 1st reading, when the Temple officials went to the prison to bring out the apostles who were imprisoned there, they found they were not inside.
They went back to the Sanhedrin and reported: We found the gaol securely locked and the wardens on duty at the gates, but when we unlocked the door we found no one inside.
Obviously, the immediately question would be "What happened?" as they wondered what this could mean.
And then fresh news arrived that the apostles were at the Temple preaching to the people. The immediate question would be "How did they get out?"
But they should have kept pondering on what this could mean. There could be many theories of how they got out, but a deeper question to be pondered upon would be what could that mean.
In the gospel, we heard Jesus giving a teaching on why He came and why the Church exists and why we are called to be Christians.
"God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not be lost but may have eternal life. For God sent His Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through Him the world might be saved."
May we keep pondering on what Jesus said so that we not only know how to live our lives as Christians but also why we have to show mercy and compassion to others, especially those who are most in need of it.