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Ἐβάφης τὸν λογισμὸν τῷ ὀφιώδει φθόνῳ τῇ τε πικρίᾳ τῆς βασκανίας· ἀλλ' ἔχεις ξύλον τίμιον τὸν σταυρὸν τοῦ Κυρίου, ἐὰν θελήσῃς, δυνάμενον γλυκᾶναι τὸ πικρὸν ὕδωρ τοῦ ἤθους σου. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ μέγας Μωσῆς ξύλον ἐμβαλὼν εἰς τὸ πικρότατον ὕδωρ τῆς Μεῥῥᾶς γλυκὺ εὐθέως καὶ προσηνὲς λίαν τοῦτο ἀπειργάσατο. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡϚ' Καπιτωνι Διακονῳ Source: Migne 79 128

Your mind has been struck with the envy of the serpent and the bitterness of malice, but you have the precious cross of Christ, which if you will, is able to turn the bitterness of your state into sweet water. For the great Moses, dipping the wood in the most bitter waters of Mara, made it sweet and clear. 1 Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 106, To Capiton the Deacon 1 Exod 15.23