Acts 4:32-37 / John 3:7-15
When we take things for granted, it means that we don’t notice them anymore and they don’t interest us anymore.
When we take things for granted, we will also miss out on the wonderful and the beautiful.
Take the wind for example. We may not think and wonder too much about it.
We can’t see it but when it is present, we will feel it and the coolness it brings.
And when it is absent, we will just turn on the fan or the aircon, and we don’t think too much about it.
But where does the wind come from, and how is it made or created?
And what directs to the wind to go here or there?
Science may have the answers, but still the wind remains a mystery.
In the gospel, Jesus used the example of the wind to express the nature of the Spirit.
When the 1st reading recalled the wonderful unity of the early Christian community, that also expresses the workings of the Holy Spirit.
So, when we see something wonderful or beautiful, let us not pass it by.
God is telling us something, and the winds of prayer will help us understand the mystery of life and the mystery of God.