Year Zero

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus: * How the myrrh-bearing women, with myrrh and aloes, approach the tomb to anoint the One Who is the sweet-smelling savor of heaven and earth; * How the angel announces the Resurrection of our Lord to them with the words: Why seek ye the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus: * How the stone on the tomb did not split, neither was the seal on it broken; * How the All-powerful and meek Lord did not damage the tomb during His Resurrection, as the Virgin’s womb was not harmed in His birth. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommys...

We read the life of Saint Nino the Enlightener of the Georgians and Equal of the Apostles. 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 Resurrection of the Lord Jesus: * How the earth quaked at His return to the body, as it had at His separation from the body; * How the angels descended into the tomb to serve Him, as they had always served Him when He allowed them to do so. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmon...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus: * How His soul returned again from hades into His body; * How He, through His divine power, by which He had resurrected other dead bodies, resurrected His own body. 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

John and I continue to read and comment on 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 the Lord Jesus in hades: * How He descended into hades with great power, at which hades trembled; * How the evil spirits, who were then lords of hades, fled before His Face; * How the souls of the righteous ancestors and prophets overwhelmingly rejoiced at His coming. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in hades: * How His plan for salvation is all-abundant, encompassing all generations and all ages from the beginning to the end; * How He came to earth in the flesh, not only for the sake of those who lived on earth then and for the sake of those who would live, but also for those who had already lived; * How He, while His lifeless body lay in the tomb, des...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in death: * How there lay in the grave the lifeless body of Him Who, while living, gave life to the dead; * How against Him, even in death, there raged the hatred of His enemies; * How His disciples locked themselves in a house for fear of the Jews (John 20:19). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in death: * How His body lay peacefully in a grave; * How He descended in spirit to the souls in hades in order to redeem the souls of the forefathers. 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 Lord Jesus in death: * How His body was taken down from the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea; * How Joseph and Nicodemus wrapped the body of the Lord in a pure linen cloth, anointed Him with spices, and placed Him in a new tomb; * How faithful and unafraid were these two distinguished men in the midst of Christ’s many enemies and amidst general fear and denials. This is a...

We finish reading The Life of Saint Pachomios 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 Lord Jesus in death: * How darkness encompassed everything; * How fear entered into everyone present beneath the Cross; * How the frightened centurion on guard cried out: Truly this was the Son of God! (Matthew 27:54); * How the prophecy of our Lord’s death was fulfilled. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in death: * How all of nature trembled when He gave up the spirit, as though to protest against this criminal act of the race of men; * How the earth quaked, the sun was darkened, the rocks were split, the veil of the temple was rent, and the graves were opened. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in death: * How He Who raised the dead hung on the Cross, a lifeless body; * How He died for our sake, so that we would have more abundant life, and more abundant truth about immortal life. 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 Lord Jesus crucified on the Cross: * How He used the last breath of life and saved a thief on the Cross; * How He commended His soul into the hands of the Father: Father, into Thy hands I commend My Spirit (Luke 23:46). 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/subscr...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the All-holy Virgin Mary: * How she served God for eleven years in the Temple in humility, obedience and devotion; * How she served God in her chamber in Nazareth, in humility, obedience and devotion; * How in humility, obedience and devotion she received the Divine Annunciation from the Archangel Gabriel. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus crucified on the Cross: * Counting the drops of His All-holy Blood and counting my sins; * Counting His painful sighs, and counting the mindless days of my laughter. 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

John and I continue reading and commentary of 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 the Lord Jesus crucified on the Cross: * How His compassionate love for mankind did not diminish because of His sufferings; * How, with love, He offered comfort to His mother, commending John to her as a son in place of Himself; * How He prayed with love to the Father for mankind: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do (Luke 23:24). This is a public episode....

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus crucified on the Cross: * How infinite was His sorrow for mankind blinded by sin; * How His thoughts on the Cross were directed more to His Heavenly Father than to Himself; * How His concerns on the Cross were directed more to mankind than to Himself; * How, even on the Cross, He was certain of His victory and Resurrection. This is a public episode. If you'...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus crucified on the Cross: * His head, sorely wounded by the thorny wreath; * His eyes, closed from pain; * His mouth, dry from thirst. 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 Lord Jesus crucified on the Cross: * How blood flowed from His hands and dripped to the ground; * How blood flowed from His feet and dripped to the ground; * How blood flowed from beneath His ribs and dripped to the ground. 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/su...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus on the Cross: * How He suffered in agony on the Cross; * How He was given vinegar and gall to drink when He said He was thirsty; * How those men beneath the Cross, insensitive in their selfishness, did not care about Him but were vying for His garments. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus, mocked on the Cross: * How they wrote this epithet above his head: King of the Jews (Matthew 27:37, Mark 15:26, Luke 23:38); * How those passing by scorned Him, shaking their heads and reviling Him; * How even the thief on the cross reviled Him; * How through the centuries the persecutors of Christians have scorned Him. This is a public episode. If you'd l...