Today’s Gospel reading from Matthew 22 is a text we know well because it is part of the standard communion service. We hear it regularly … if not, all the time. I often introduce verses 37-40 with my own commentary: we are reminded of our duty to God and to neighbour by Jesus who said … and I rarely stop and take what I am about to say to heart … to attend to the challenge of what is being put to me and to you in these words. They are profound and problematic: can we, will we … fulfil these commandments or are they simply a standard or an ordeal to which we might gradually ascend?