Catching The Spirit

Εἴ τις δυνηθείη κατὰ ψυχὴν ὀσφρανθῆναι τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος εὐωδίας, ἀναζωπυρωθήσεται τὴν ἔξιν ὥσπερ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγερθεὶς, καὶ ἀποθαυμάσεται, ἐκ ποίας καταστάσεως εἰς ποίαν μετετέθη, καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ἐζεκίου ἀναφωνήσει· Ἐξήγειράς μου τὴν ζωὴν, καὶ παρακληθεὶς ἔζησα, καὶ ἀπέῥῥιψας ὀπίσω μου πἀσας τὰς ἁμαρτίας μου, ὅπως μηκέτι φαντάζωμαι τὰ τῶν πταισμάτων εἴδωλα, καθαρὰν καρδίαν κτησάμενος τοῦ λοιποῦ. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΡΟΕ' Φιλαργριῳ Ἀναγνωστῃ Source: Migne PG 79.152a-b

If someone is able to catch the fragrance of the Holy Spirit in his soul, he is revived in his ways, as one raised from the dead, and he is astonished at himself, at the change from the condition that he was in, as Isaiah exclaimed: 'You have restored my life, and comforted I live, and I have cast behind me all my iniquities, 1 as one no more deluded by the idols of errors, but fashioned with a pure heart for the future. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 175, To Philargrius The Lector 1 Isaiah 38.17