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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Richard England, Vicar of Crofton Parish in the Church of England
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Have you ever had to keep a secret? Not something small, but something really juicy
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Something that you just wanted to tell, but couldn't. In Mark's Gospel, one of the four accounts of Jesus' life in the New Testament
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there's an odd thing that happens. When Jesus helps someone, heals them, he then tells them to keep it a secret
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What a strange thing for him to do. Most of the time the people ignored Jesus anyway
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Despite his efforts, the stories about the healings spread far and wide
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So why try to make it a secret at all? Part of the reason for this secret keeping is that people weren't ready to accept Jesus for who he was
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It would take the resurrection for that to happen. From that point on, the Christian claims about Jesus are no longer secrets to be kept
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but something to be shared as widely as possible. And that's still true today
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Jesus' identity is no longer a secret, but something shared around the whole world
