Acts 16:22-24 / John 16:5-11
There are many things in this world that are beyond our knowledge and understanding.
Yet, we often think that we know a lot and with science and technology, we are able to find an explanation to everything and have a solution to every problem.
But when something baffles us and we can’t find an explanation or a solution, we may still not want to admit that we don’t know.
In the 1st reading, who could really give an explanation for the doors of the jail that flew open and the chains that fell off from all the prisoners?
Of course, earlier on there was an earthquake that shook the prison to its foundations.
But could that be an acceptable explanation?
Or how about when the gaoler and his whole family were converted and baptized there and then?
These events are of the past and though they are recorded, we also do not know all the facts.
But we also have to admit that one of the most difficult things to explain is when people have a change of heart.
When people, or even ourselves, admit that we are wrong, it is not necessary that it was mere human intervention or that there was a spectacular event.
As Jesus said in the gospel, He will send the Holy Spirit who will show the world how wrong it was about sin, about who was in the right and about judgement.
Yes, it is by the power and by the light of the Holy Spirit that God will reveal to us about the mysteries of life.
And it is by the revelation of the Holy Spirit that we will know who we are and who God is, and then we will know what God wants of us.