without its erotic dimension, is echoed in Bach’s sterner notion of Jesus as the “joy of man’s desiring.” Thus “obedience” is a concrete, visible way of enacting and entering that desire, so that duty converges completely with the desire and delight of communion. It is not that obedience is instrumental and makes communion possible, but obedience itself is a mode of “being with” the desired in joy, delight, and well-being. In a quite concrete way, it is profoundly satisfying to do what the beloved