Acts 5:17-26 / John 3:16-21
To be wondering can mean a few things.
We can be wondering in amazement at things or happenings that are wonderful and beautiful.
For example, when a rainbow appears out of nowhere against a backdrop of a moving event.
Yes, we are struck with awe and wonder at moments and instances that seem to have a divine influence.
In the 1st reading, when the officials went to gaol to bring out the disciples, they found that the prisoners were not there, though the gaol were securely locked and the wardens were on duty at the gates.
The captain of the Temple and the chief priests wondered what this could mean, and then they received news that the disciples were at the Temple preaching to the people.
They wondered what was happening but their wondering was not in amazement but with indifference.
It seems that they just want to think it was strange and nothing more.
But God always makes us wonder with awe and amazement.
When we look at the Cross, we see what the gospel is telling us that God sent His Son into the world not to condemn the world but so that through Him the world might be saved.
Yes, God loved the world so much, and the Cross points to that love.
Let us look at Jesus on the Cross and see how wonderful God’s love is for us.