My desires are crucified, the warmth of my body is gone, A stream flows whispering inside me; Deep within me it says: Come to the Father. 35-107 AD Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop of Syria, Taken to Rome for execution, from Prayers of the Martyrs.
A while back my dad asked me about phrases that sum up Christianity to me. This quote does that in my opinion. It expresses the tension and reality of the inner life and that resulting outward flow. All captured in a beautiful confession in the midst of a brutal dusk.