Murmur of the Living Water

Saint Ignatius of Antioch

Do not have Jesus Christ on your lips and the world in your heart; do not cherish thoughts of grudging other's fate.  Even if I were to come and implore you in person, do not yield to my pleading; keep your compliance for my writings instead.  

Here and now, as I write in the fullness of life, I am yearning for death with all the passion of a lover.  Earthly longings have been crucified, in me there is left no spark of desire for mundane things, but only a murmur of Living Water that whispers within me, "Come to the Father."

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