Year Zero

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane: * How He repeatedly commanded the disciples to watch and pray to God; * How He rose three times from His sweat-inducing prayer, returned to the disciples and found that they were asleep; * How they were all overcome by temptation because they forsook their Teacher and fled, for they were not prepared to overcome their fear of me...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus at prayer in Gethsemane: * How He falls on His face and prays three times, O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me (Matthew 26:39), and again, Thy will be done (Matthew 26:42); * How He sweated at prayer, And His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground (Luke 22:44); * How all of this was because of you and me,...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Mystery of Communion as a life-giving cure for the soul and body: * As a cure that heals and cleanses the soul from sinful maladies, and restores it to life; * As a cure that heals and purifies the body from lust and vice, and restores it to life; * As a cure that enlivens a man and makes him a healthy member of the immortal Body of Christ. But if a man will remain a...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Mystery of Communion as the Mystery of the Perfection of Love: * Because, on the part of Christ, it means giving completely of Himself to His faithful; * Because of this, Christ is received with faith and trust on the part of the faithful; * Because of this, it leads to the joyful, fruitful and saving union of God with man. This is a public episode. If you'd like to d...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Mystery of Communion as the presence of our Lord Jesus in the Church on earth: * As the fulfillment of His promise: Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world (Matthew 28:20). * As His constant support of the faithful, to whom He said: Without me, ye can do nothing (John 15:5). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscriber...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus at the Mystical Supper: * How He chose bread and wine, two ordinary elements of nourishment, and through them instituted His visible and invisible bond with the Church until the end; * How the Mystical Supper has been preserved until today, and how it will be preserved until the end of time as the Mystery of Communion; * How every day, and almost every hour...

John and I continue reading and commentary on the old revolutionary text, Rule 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 Christ at the Mystical Supper: * How he told His disciples that one of them would betray Him; * How after all that He had done for Judas and after washing his feet and indicating that He knew his intention to betray, Judas remained obstinate in his desire to sell his Teacher and his own soul for silver; * How our Lord was saddened at Judas’s destruction and...

Reading The Life of Saint Pachomios Chp 24-33 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 Mystical Supper: * How He washed the feet of His disciples, and how by this act He especially taught them humility and love for one another; * How Peter, one of the most faithful, was ashamed and forbade the Lord to wash his feet; * How Judas, the unbeliever and traitor, was not ashamed and did not forbid the Lord to wash his feet; * How, today also,...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus as the Bread of Life: I am that Bread of Life (John 6:48): * As the Bread by which the soul is nourished and lives; * As the Bread by which the mind is nourished and enlightened; * As the Bread by which the heart is nourished and ennobled. 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 the Lord Jesus as the Vine: I am the true Vine (John 15:1): * As the Vine from which sprouted numerous fruitful branches in the persons of the saints; * As the Vine Who with His sap, that is, His blood, waters and feeds all the branches with Himself; * As the Vine from Whom the Divine Church has branched out on earth and in the heavens; * As the Vine from Whom I too shoul...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in the boat with His disciples (Matthew 8:24). * How a tempest arose while the Lord slept; * How the frightened disciples woke Him and sought His help; * How the Lord rebuked the disciples because of their little faith, and calmed the sea and the winds; * How I need not be afraid of any tempest in life if I keep the Lord in my heart as at the rudder of a bo...

Fabianism’s plans for India and South Africa. How the global socialist movement planted its roots for an American hegemony. 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 sitting in the boat, teaching the people on the shore (Mark 4:1). * How a great multitude of people crowded around to hear Him, so that He had to enter the boat; * How He taught them in parables about the sower, the seed and the ground, i.e., by those comparisons and examples which, day in and day out, have been repeated from the beginning of the world and...

John joins me to read and comment on the book Rules for Radicals. In this episode we read The Prologue in preparation for diving into Alinsky’s work. 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 as a stumbling block: * For sinful self-conceit, i.e., for the perverted mind of mankind, which thinks in a sensual and fleshy way and opposes the mind of Christ; * For sinful self-love, i.e., for the perverted heart of man which does not accept in itself either the love of God or the love of man; * For sinful self-will, i.e., for the perverted will of man,...

Reading The Life of Saint Pachomios Chp 14-23 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 conversation with the woman of Samaria (John, Chapter 4): * How the woman’s mind was at first smothered completely by carnal sophistry; * How the meek Lord gradually led her mind toward a loftier and more spiritual reasoning; * How this encounter culminated in the conversion of many to Christ; * How the seeds scattered by the Lord at first seem to decay...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in conversation with Martha and Mary: * How both sisters cordially received the Lord and desired to hear His word; * How Mary was more concerned about spiritual things, and Martha about the material reception of the Divine Guest; * How the Lord rejoiced more in feeding someone with spiritual nourishment than in being fed Himself with material nourishment. T...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in conversation with the rich young man (Luke 18:18-23): * How the rich man sought counsel but was not prepared to sacrifice; * How our Lord pointed out to him the way to sacrifice, which is necessary for the purchase of eternal life; * How the rich man left sorrowfully, for he could not part with his riches. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discu...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in conversation with Nicodemus (John, Chapter 3): * How Nicodemus, though a teacher in Israel, did not perfectly comprehend spiritual things; * How our Lord intentionally began the conversation with the question of spiritual birth—a question most inaccessible to the mind of Nicodemus—so as by this to bring Nicodemus to meekness and then to further cultivate...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus in the midst of the common people: * How with love He taught the people as a parent teaches his children; * How the common people received His words, were astonished by His works, and glorified God; * How even today, the common people, free from corruption, receive His words with joy and thanksgiving. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this...

Fabianism is a forgotten socialist ideology in which we find the blueprint for the liberal economic order we live under. Socialist imperialism spreading through British colonies into Africa, India, China, and America has created a system of haves and have-nots as industries and economies are destroyed through “free trade” agreements. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with oth...

CONTEMPLATION Contemplate the Lord Jesus among the Pharisees and scribes: * How He made every effort to raise up the Pharisees and scribes and to save them, and how they made every effort to overthrow and kill Him; * How He wished to correct their every thought and word, and how they wished to twist His every thought and word; * How He was saddened that He could not bring them to life, and how the...