St. John the Evangelist

St. John the Evangelist by van Dyck, c.1620s

The following is by a different, much later John, of course. But I think the two shared a lot in their deepest hearts:

And I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the kingdom of heaven and the name of that river was suffering: and I saw a boat which carries souls across the river and the name of that boat was love.

-- Saint John of the Cross