Secrets which hold secrets

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today point to secrets that, on the surface, appear to be not so mysterious at all. The first Book of Samuel records the displeasure of Saul with the acclaim for David after the defeat of the Philistines. The jealousy of Saul is no secret and the promise to his son Jonathan that he will cease trying to harm David is not likely to be kept. The mystery in the Gospel of Mark today is the instruction of Jesus to the unclean spirits who declare Him to be "Son of God", as Friar Jude Winkler explains in the sense of being Divine, rather than the Jewish understanding, at the time, of "adopted" Son of God, great human hero, not to make Him known. Our viewpoint can cause us to miss the intention of Mark not to have the Messianic Secret revealed before Jesus is clearly going to His death in Jerusalem. This "secret" is part of the mystery of the Love which is God.