Healing And Peace

Φησὶν Ἰερεμίας ὁ προφήτης ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τὴν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις τραυματωθεῖσαν καὶ λεπρωθεῖσαν ψυχήν· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνάγω συνούλωσιν αὐτῇ, καὶ ἴαμα, καὶ ἰατρεύσω αὐτὴν, καὶ φανερώσω αὐτοῖς εἰρήνην, καὶ πίστιν, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, ὦν ἥμαρτόν μοι. Τὸ, ἰδοὺ νῦν ἀνάγω συνούλωσιν, χρήσιμόν ἐστι παραληφθῆναι εἰς τὴν λέπραν ἐν τῳ Λευϊτικῷ γεγραμμένην. Οἶς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τὴν συνούλωσιν ἀνάγει, καὶ οὕς ἰατρεύει, τούτοις καὶ τὴν εἰρήνην τῆς διανοίας, καὶ τὴν πίστιν τὴν ἀδίστακτον καὶ στερεμνίαν φανεροῖ. Οἱ τοίνυν συνουλωθέντες, δὴλον ὅτι τὸ τέλεον καθαρθέντες τὴν ψυχὴν, τὸ χάρισμα τῆς ἀπαθείας κομίζονται. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΔ' Καπιτωνι Διακονῳ Source: Migne PG 79.128c-d

Jeremiah the Prophet speaks out from the face of God about the wounds of errors and the leprous soul: 'Behold I shall draw off their scabs and bring a remedy and I shall heal them and I shall manifest to them peace and faith, and I shall not remember their sins which they have sinned against me.' 1 That is, I shall draw off their scabs that it might be convenient to deal with the leprosy which is described in Leviticus. 2 And with God drawing off the scabs and healing, there shall be given to them peace of thought and faith with no flaw of doubt, but manifested most firmly. By which, with scabs drawn off, they shall be revealed as perfectly purged in the soul and in receipt of imperturbability. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 104, To Capiton the Deacon 1 Jerem 33.6-8 2 Levit 13.14