October 17 is the memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch. Here is a short quote from his letter to the Church at Rome, written as he was on his way to his martyrdom, modernized from the 19th century translation on Christian Classics Ethereal Library (This quotation is also a part of the reading from the Hours for tomorrow, although it is taken from a different translation):
"My love has been crucified, and there is no fire in me desiring to be fed; but there is within me a living water that is speaking, saying to me inwardly, 'Come to the Father.' I have no delight in corruptible food, nor in the pleasures of this life. I want the bread of God, the heavenly bread, the bread of life, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became afterwards of the seed of David and Abraham; and I want the drink of God, namely His blood, which is incorruptible love and eternal life."
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