Year Zero

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...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus on Golgotha: * How the soldiers removed His garments, and He remained silent and did not defend Himself; * How they nailed Him to the wood with spikes, and He remained silent and did not defend Himself; * How with uproar and tumult they raised the Cross from the ground and placed it upright, and the Lord remained silent. This is a public episode. If you'd l...

I invited Buck Johnson of Counterflow on to have a nice relaxing conversation about things revealed and how it plays into our daily lives and worldview. 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

Continue reading The Life of Saint Pachomios cop 34-43. 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, how He carried the Cross to Golgotha: * How He quietly and patiently carried His Cross; * How they took the Cross from Him and gave it to Simon of Cyrene; how Simon carried the Cross, walking after Christ; * How He looked upon the women of Jerusalem, who were weeping, and said to them: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and f...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus when Pilate brought Him out before the Jews: * How the Lord was flogged by the Roman soldiers; * How, after being scourged, He was mocked by them; they placed a thorny crown upon His head and dressed Him in a purple robe; * How Pilate presented Him to the Jews, saying, Behold the man! (John 19:5). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus before Pilate: * How the Lord was silent before Pilate; * How Judas then threw the pieces of silver into the Temple and hanged himself; * And again, how Pilate questioned and the Lord was silent. 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 at the judgment before Herod: * How Herod at first was very glad to see Jesus—not out of any spiritual need, but out of curiosity; * How Herod had hoped to see a miracle from Jesus, but was mistaken in that, for the Lord remained silent to all of his questions; * How Herod ridiculed the Lord and clothed Him in a beautiful garment. This is a public episode....

Ben Dixon of the Union of Orthodox Journalists joined me to discuss the UOC and OCU schism, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, and Orthodoxy in America. 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 before Pilate: * How the Jews accused Him before Pilate and how He did not say anything; * How He did not reply, even to Pilate’s questions; * How our Lord speaks when it is necessary to defend men from the devil, from sin, from disease and death, but is silent when He Who is the Defender of Men is asked to protect Himself from man. This is a public episode...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord at judgment before Caiaphas: * How the Jewish high priest detains our Lord in his home, surrounded by men almost as wretched as he himself; * How Peter sits outside in the courtyard by the fire; and how, before the servants, he denies our Lord Jesus three times; * How even today it happens that some Christians, out of fear of the world, deny the Lord in this mann...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus at judgment before Caiaphas: * How the Jewish elders searched everywhere for false witnesses; * How their witnesses did not agree together; * How our Lord listened to all the slanders and remained silent without anger. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tommysalmons.substack....

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in the hands of God’s enemies gathered together in the home of Caiaphas: * How all of them hurriedly sought false witnesses, for they wanted by whatever means to kill Christ; * How they spat in His face and struck Him on the face; * How our Lord endured all with unspeakable dignity and without anger. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this w...