Acts 4:13-21 / Mark 16:9-15
When God speaks, it is often done through the voices of His chosen ones.
And when God wants to show us something, we won’t miss it and we also can’t miss it.
Even if we don’t want to listen and don’t want to see, we won’t be able to deny it.
In the 1st reading, the rulers, elders and scribes were astonished at the assurance shown by Peter and John.
But when they saw the man who had been cured standing by their side, they could find no answer.
And even when they gave the apostles a warning not to preach or teach in the name of Jesus, Peter and John retorted that it is God and not man that they must listen to.
Furthermore, the people were giving glory to God for what had happened.
Indeed, God had spoken, and God had shown.
In the gospel, Jesus reproached the apostles for being incredulous and obstinate, because they refused to believe despite the testimony of the witnesses.
Let us pray and ponder about what we hear and what we see, because God does not stop revealing Himself to us.