The prayer “Lord Jesus Christ, have
mercy on me (us) ” is worth a hundred drachmas, one Elder used to say
but “Glory to God for everything” is worth a thousand.
One father once said that “sorrows and
pains cleanse and polish a man’ soul; there is nothing greater than
these, even the prayer of Jesus”.
Elder Tikhon used to tell us that the
prayer “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us” is worth a hundred
drachmas, while “Glory to God” is worth a thousand (drachmas).
By this he meant that praising God is
more valuable than anything, because many times people say the Jesus
Prayer when they’re in need of something, but when someone (been) in
distress glorifies God, he is a great ascetic.
(Archimandrite Ioannikios, in the Athonite Paterikon)
