Prayer And Healing

Βλέπω σε, ἀδελφὲ, ὅτι ψώρας πoλλῆς ἐμπεπλησμένος ὑπάρχεις κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον ἀπὸ κεφαλῆς ἕως ποδῶν, ἦς οὐκ ἂν δύναιο καθαρθῆνᾶι, εἰ μὴ ἐκ νυκτὸς ὀρθρίζει τὸ πνεῦμα σου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν τὸν φωτίζοντα ἡμᾶς τοῖς θείοις προστάγμασι, καὶ ζωοποιοῦντα τοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀμελείᾳ νενεκρωμένους, καὶ τῆς ἐξ ὕψους σοφίας τὴν δρόσον παρέχοντα, ἰωμένην πᾶσαν νόσον ψυχῆς, καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν· Ἡ γὰρ δρόσος παρὰ σοῦ, φησὶν ἡ Γραφὴ, ἴαμα αὐτοῖς ἐστι. Καὶ πάλιν λέγει ὁ Θεός· Καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῷ ὡς δρόσος, καὶ ἀνθήσει ὡς κρίνον. Αὕτη τοίνυν ἡ δρόσος, ἐπελθοῦσα καὶ νῦν τῇ ἐκ φιληδονίας φλεγομένῃ καρδίᾳ σου, καὶ διασυρίσασα πνεύματι γεληνιαίῳ, καὶ αὔρᾳ τινὶ εἰρηνικῇ, καὶ λεπτῇ, ἐκτινάξει σου τὴν φλόγα ὥσπερ τῆς βαβυλωνίας ποτὲ καμίνου, καὶ ἀναψύξει, καὶ σώσει σε ἀληθῆ φιλόσοφον ἀπεργαζομένη, καὶ πείθουσα μηκέτι πολλὰ καθεύδειν, ἀλλ' ἀγρυπνεῖν ἐκθύμως. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΚΘ' Τιμοθηευς Ὑποδιακονῳ Source: Migne PG 79.96d-97a

I see, brother, that according to the internal man you are covered in many itching scabs from your head to your feet, for which you shall never be able to be clean, unless your spirit is in vigil toward God through the night, He who enlightens us with Divine commandments and return us to life in the carelessness of our dying, and bestows from the heights the dew of wisdom, which heals every sickness and weakness of the soul. Scripture says: 'For the dew from you is medicine to them.' 1 And again God says: 'And I shall be to him like dew and he shall flourish like the lily.' 2 So this dew coming to your heart, which burns with intemperance and pleasures, shall drive off the flames with a spirit of tranquillity and a calm breeze and a gentle breath, just as He once cooled the furnace of Babylon, and save you, the work of a true philosopher, even persuading you not to sleep too much, but to watch ardently. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 29, to Timothy the Subdeacon 1 Isaiah 26.19 Sept 2 Hosea 14.5