Year Zero

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the miraculous healing of the woman with an issue of blood: And, behold a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him and touched the hem of His garment. For she said within herself, if I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned around and when He saw her, He said, daughter, be a good comfort; your faith has made y...

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the miraculous resurrection of Jarius’s daughter: While He was saying these things to them, an official came forward, knelt down before Him, and said, ‘My daughter has just died. But come, lay Your hand on her, and she will live.’ Jesus rose and followed him, and so did His disciples. A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the tas...

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the miraculous healing of the paralytic: And, behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed; and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy: ‘Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.’ (St. Matthew 9:2): * How the good Lord restored health to the paralytic saying to him: Arise and walk! (St. Matthew 9:6); * How the Church bri...

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the miraculous healing of the possessed men of Gergesene [Gadara]: Now when He had come to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two men who were possessed, coming from the tombs, so exceedingly fierce that no one could pass by that way (St. Matthew 8:28): * How the Lord cast out the demons from the ones possessed, and the possessed ones becam...

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the miraculous calming of the tempest on the lake: And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with waves: but He was asleep (St. Matthew 8:24): * How the disciples cried out: Lord, save us: we perish! (St. Matthew 8:25) and how the Lord, with one word, calmed the tempest and there was a great calm; * How the Lord is waiting...

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the miraculous healing of the leper: And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him saying, Lord, if You will, You can make me clean (St. Matthew 8:2): * How the leper implored the Lord to heal him and how the Lord touched him with His hand and he was healed; * How I, too, am leperous from sin, and how the Lord can touch my soul and heal it, if I pray to Him. This i...

John and I skip reading Rules for Radicals this week and discuss ideas that have been bogging us down for the last few months. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscribe

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the miraculous healing of Peter’s mother-in-law: * How the Lord took the feverish woman by the hand, and the fever left her and she served them; * How the Lord can cure even me of the fever of passion, so that I may immediately straighten up and serve Him with my whole spirit. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

Reading the early teachings of the Apostles, recorded in the first or second century. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscribe

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Holy Unction [Anointing with Oil]: * How grace works through the sanctified oil; * How, according to prayer and faith, it heals every illness and infirmity. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscri...

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the Grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of the Priesthood [Holy Orders - Ordination]: * How grace sanctifies, illumines and enables a man to serve as shepherd and teacher; * How it empowers the priest to celebrate the other Mysteries. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visi...

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the Grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Marriage: * How grace gives a certain dignity to the manner of the procreating of the human race; * How it makes matrimony honorable by comparing it to the union of Christ with the Church. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit t...

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Holy Matrimony: * How grace, during marriage, lawfully sanctifies the physical bond of two human beings for the sake of the procreation of children; * How it unites, illumines and strengthens, through love, the union of two souls: husband and wife. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wit...

Dave joins me to discuss his rediscovery of faith, how it supports his work, and the wars America is involved in. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/christians-and-hezbollah-unite-against-epstein-empire/ar-AA1ZcAt2 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscribe

CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the Grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Holy Communion: * How grace makes the consecrated bread and wine the living sacrifice of Christ; * How it acts within the bread and wine in the same way as it acted within the body of the All-pure One [The Theotokos] at the time of the Incarnation of the Lord. This is a public episode. If you'd like to disc...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Holy Communion: * How grace gives life to the bread and wine; * How It changes them into the Body and Blood of Christ. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscribe

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Repentance and Confession: * How, when grace touches the heart of the penitent, the penitent sees all the ugliness of his sins and washes them away through tears; * How grace enters the penitent who has confessed, as joy enters into a sorrowful one, as hope enters into a hopeless one. This is a public episode....

Reading the life of Father Daniel the Hesychast from Athonite Fathers of the 20th Century This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscribe

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Chrismation [Confirmation]: * How that grace anoints the soul, cleansed by baptism from original sin, with the joy of sonship; * How that grace confirms a man in the Faith of Christ and seals him for the Kingdom of God. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Baptism: * How that grace gives power to the soul to follow Christ the Lord; * How it is a pledge of God’s adoption of the baptized man. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscribe

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Baptism: * How that grace cleanses man from original sin; * How it brings man to participation in the freedom of Christ. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscribe

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate God the Holy Spirit as the Inspirer of justice, peace and joy: * How He inspired with justice, peace and joy all the lovers of Christ’s justice; * How He inspired—and even today inspires—with justice, peace and joy all the sufferers for Christ’s justice. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit t...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate God the Holy Spirit as an Inspirer of meekness and gentleness: * How He has inspired meekness and gentleness in ascetics and hermits throughout the ages; * How He inspired—and inspires even today—meekness and gentleness in all truly repentant souls. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommys...

John and I continue commentary and reading Rules for Radicals This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack.com/subscribe

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate God the Holy Spirit as the Inspirer of wisdom and truth: * How He inspired with wisdom and truth the prophets, evangelists and apostles who wrote the Holy Scriptures by His inspiration and guidance; * How He inspired with wisdom and truth the Holy Fathers, who interpreted the Holy Scriptures by His inspiration and guidance. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discu...