Year Zero

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous bronze serpent in the wilderness (Numbers 21):* How all the people would have died from the bite of the serpents, until Moses raised the bronze serpent on a pole;* How all who were bitten by a serpent were made whole as soon as they gazed upon the bronze serpent;* How the bronze serpent prefigures Christ on the Cross. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous bringing forth of water from the rock in Kadesh (Numbers 20):* How Moses, at God’s command, struck the rock with his rod, but without faith; and how, through the will of God, water flowed forth;* How God punished Moses and Aaron for their little faith by not permitting them to enter the Promised Land;* How this shows that even a great righteous one like Moses is prone to sin, and that no mortal should be carried away into pride by his virtues. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous blossoming of Aaron’s rod (Numbers 17):* How God, in order to quiet the murmuring against Moses and Aaron, ordered that the rods of all the elders of the tribes be placed in the tabernacle of the congregation;* How, overnight, only the dry rod of Aaron became green and blossomed and brought forth fruit;* How God can enliven even the soul of man, dead in sin. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the just punishment which God sent upon Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (Numbers 16):* How these three incited the people against Moses and Aaron, and sought to become their leaders;* How the earth opened and swallowed up Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and others with them;* How the earth of the flesh swallows up the souls of all those who think in a fleshly way and, thinking thus, rebel against the Law of God. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the exceedingly great patience of God toward the unbelieving Jewish people, and their deserved punishment (Numbers 14):* How God worked a multitude of miracles before the eyes of the Israelites, and how they remain stubborn in their unbelief and murmured against Moses;* How God punished them, making them wander for forty years in the wilderness, and all of them perished except Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb;* How some of us also perish in the wilderness of sensuality, and do not attain the land of spiritual milk and honey, the Kingdom 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

I read chapters 1 and 2 of The Voyage of Saint Brendan the Navigator 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous punishment and healing of Miriam [Mary], the sister of Moses (Numbers 12):* How Miriam spoke against Moses, who was very meek, above all the men on the face of the earth (Numbers 12:3);* How God punished her with sudden leprosy, and how God healed her through the prayer of Moses;* How God’s punishment strikes those who cry out against the men of God even today. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous illumination of the face of Moses (Exodus 34):* How, after his conversation with God on Mt. Sinai, the face of Moses shone with brilliant light;* How the people saw, and dared not approach Moses, and he placed a veil over his face;* How, through sincere prayer and communication with God, the face of a God-pleaser is illuminated. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous appearance of God to Moses on Mt. Sinai (Exodus 19):* How Moses climbed to the top of Mt. Sinai and entered the darkness where God was: I am coming to you in a dense cloud [Exodus 19:9];* How the light of God is so great that, before it, all of nature and her light become darkness;* How the heart of man is like Mt. Sinai: in the darkness of the heart, there God encounters 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous victory over Amalek (Exodus 17):* How the people prevailed against Amalek as long as Moses prayed to God with upraised hands;* How Moses, with upraised hands in prayer, prefigured the victorious Crucifixion of Christ;* How, through the power of the Cross and prayer, I too can conquer the dark passions that Amalek represents. 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 finish 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

Col Chris Wyatt joined me to discuss South Africa and the refugees from South Africa entering the US.Col Chris Wyatt YouTubeTommysalmons.comYouTube @YearZeroPod 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous changing of bitter water into sweet water (Exodus 15):* How the thirsty Israelites came upon bitter water in Marah and were unable to drink it, and the people began to murmur against Moses;* How God commanded Moses to cast a tree (wood) into the water, and the water became sweet;* How this tree foreshadowed the Cross of Christ, by which the bitterness of our life is transformed into sweetness;* How my entire being is bitter water, until I bring Christ Crucified into myself. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous bringing forth of water from the rock in Horeb (Exodus 17):* How the thirsty Israelites doubted that God was with them, and murmured against Moses;* How, by God’s command, Moses struck the rock with his rod, and water flowed from the rock;* How my heart has been turned to stone by doubt, and how streams of tears begin to flow from it when it is touched by the grace of faith. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous falling of manna from heaven for the feeding of the people in the wilderness (Exodus 16):* How for forty years the Lord gave the Israelites in the wilderness manna from heaven—a heavenly food, sweet as honey;* How this manna from heaven prefigured the Lord Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life, Who came down from heaven that He Himself might feed the spiritual hunger of mankind in the wilderness of paganism;* How nothing can satisfy my hungry soul, except Christ the Living Lord, sweeter than honey. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites (Exodus 14):* How Moses waved the rod according to the command of God, and the sea was divided, and the people of God passed over on the dry bottom of the sea;* How the Egyptians pursued the Israelites along the same path, but Moses waved the rod, and the sea closed over them;* How this teaches me that God can do whatever He wills and that He saves His faithful servants from the greatest dangers, but punishes the unfaithful. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate all the miracles that the Lord performed at the hands of Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: And Aaron and Moses went in unto Pharaoh and they did as the Lord had commanded (Exodus 7:10):* How great and awesome were those miracles;* How the heart of Pharaoh remained obstinate before all the miracles of God;* How my heart is also hard before the countless miracles of God—in my life and around me—and how I need to repent before the end befalls me and I face eternal punishment. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous transformation of the rod into a serpent, and again, the serpent into the rod (Exodus 4):* How the Lord, Who created the serpent and the rod from dust, can—by His own power, and for the sake of higher goals—transform the dead into the living, and the living into the dead;* How the Lord can, according to my faith and prayer, return my soul (withered and deadened by sin) to 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the burning bush on Horeb (Exodus 3):* How the bush was completely engulfed by flame, but was not consumed;* How the All-pure Virgin, carrying the Lord within herself, also bore the divine fire—but was not consumed;* How the grace of the divine fire also rejuvenates, heals and illumines my sinful soul. 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 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous changing of water into wine (St. John 2:1-11):* How the Lord, at the marriage at Cana, changed the water into wine;* How even my soul, if it is wedded to the Living God, transforms its earthly wateriness into a divine beverage. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous repentance of the thief on the Cross: But the other one rebuked him: “Have you no fear of God seeing you are under the same sentence?” (St. Luke 23:40):* How the wise thief sensed God’s closeness in his suffering, repented and prayed to God for salvation, while the suffering of the foolish thief incited him to blaspheme God;* How I, who am also a thief as a result of sin, should be like the wise thief, whose suffering did not estrange him from God but rather drew him closer to God—to God and to salvation. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of blind Bartimeus: And they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a very great crowd, Bartimeus, a blind man, the son of Timeus, was sitting by the wayside begging (St. Mark 10:46):* How Bartimeus begged the Lord: “Have mercy on me!”* How the Lord said: “See!” And he saw;* How, if I pray, the word of the Lord can also give sight to my blinded soul. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the ten lepers: And as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men that were lepers which stood afar off (St. Luke 17:12):* How the Lord, by the power of His word, healed the ten lepers who begged Him;* How the Lord can heal even me, spiritually and morally leprous, if I cry out to Him. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the man ill with dropsy: And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy (St. Luke 14:2):* How the Lord touched the man with dropsy, and he was healed and went home;* How my soul—being under the burden of love for the body—is under the burden of dropsy;* How the Lord with one touch can heal the dropsy of my soul and free it from the excessive burden of the dankness of the passions. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the deformed woman: And behold, there was a woman who for eighteen years had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent over and utterly unable to look upwards (St. Luke 13:11):* How the Lord placed His hands on the deformed woman and the woman straightened up;* How my soul is deformed like the woman and is bent over to the ground;* How the Lord can place His hand, i.e., His Holy Spirit, upon my soul and the deformity will immediately be set aright. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous catch of fish in the deep: But when He had ceased speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and lower your nets for a catch” (St. Luke 5:4):* How the apostles went out into the deep and, with the blessing of the Lord, caught an abundance of fish;* How I am empty and hungry as long as I stand in the shallows of the senses and fish there for power and wisdom;* How I should enter into the spiritual depths, with the blessing of the Lord, and there net a good catch. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous recognition by the Elder Simeon the God-receiver: And he came by inspiration of the Spirit into the Temple. And when his parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him according to the custom of the Law: (St. Luke 2:27):* How this holy elder recognized in the Spirit the helpless Child as Lord and Messiah, while the blinded scribes and priests did not recognize Him, either then or when He worked numerous miracles and revealed unheard-of wisdom;* How my soul too, if it has grown old in sin, cannot recognize the Lord. 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

Fr Emmanuel Joined me to discuss the financial world and Orthodoxy in America.YouTube @YearZeroPodLIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos:https://www.youtube.com/@Lemelson‼️ Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson: Against The World: Connect with @Lemelson on social media:https://flekt.com/lemelsonhttps://youtube.com/@Lemelsonhttps://facebook.com/lemelson/https://twitter.com/Lemelsonhttps://instagram.com/lemelson/https://tiktok.com/@fr_emmanuel_lemelsonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuellemelson/https://rumble.com/user/FrEmmanuelLemelson 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of Zacharias from dumbness: And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed and he began to speak, blessing God (St. Luke 1:64):* How Zacharias became dumb because of his disbelief of the angel of God;* How Zacharias spoke as soon as he fulfilled the command of the angel: And asking for a writing tablet, he wrote the words: “John is his name” (St. Luke 1:63);* How dumbness will fall from my soul as soon as I begin to fulfill the commandments of God, and how my soul will be full of words and wisdom according to God. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous dumbness of Zacharias the High Priest: And behold, you shall be dumb and unable to speak until the day when these things come to pass, because you have not believed my words which will be fulfilled in their proper time (St. Luke 1:20):* How Zacharias did not believe the angel of God that the aged womb of his wife [Elizabeth] could conceive and give birth, and how he was struck dumb because of this, in accordance with the words of the angel;* How I too am as though struck dumb when I cannot sufficiently speak about God’s miracles because my faith is small. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the blind Bartimeus: And they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a very great crowd, Bartimeus, a blind man the son of Timeus, was sitting by the wayside begging (St. Mark 10:46):* How Bartimeus cried out to the Lord with faith for healing, and the Lord healed him;* How even I, blinded in soul, sit by the road where the Lord passes by, and if I cry out to Him, He will heal me. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous withering of the unfruitful fig tree: And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he came up to it and found nothing on it but leaves; and He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you henceforth forever!” And immediately the fig tree withered up (St. Matthew 21:19):* How the Lord cursed the fig tree that had many leaves but no fruit, and the fig tree withered up;* How my life too, which has many leaves—bodily cares, desires and thoughts—but is without spiritual fruit, can come under the same curse, if I do not mend my ways. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the two blind men: And behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside, heard that Jesus was passing by, and cried out, saying: “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” (St. Matthew 20:30):* How the two blind men cried out to the Lord: Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!;* How the merciful Lord touched their eyes and they saw;* How I also am blinded by sin; and how even I can see if I cry out to the Lord to touch me. 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 finish reading the chapter on tactics from 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

Reading the life of Elder Philaret of KarouliaYouTube @YearZeroPod 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the young man whom the devil tormented, at times throwing him into the fire and at times into the water: Lord, have pity on my son: for he is a lunatic and suffers severely; for often times he falls into the fire and often times into the water (St. Matthew 17:14):* How the Lord rebuked the devil, and the young man was made whole;* How the evil spirit also casts me at times into the fire of passions and at times into the water of carnality;* How the Lord can also save me from falling into the fire and into the water, if only I pray to Him. 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

In this video I give my take of the UFC Whitehouse event and the politics surrounding the eventYouTube @YearZeroPod. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus: And after six days Jesus took Peter, James and John his brother and brought them up into a high mountain apart. And was transfigured before them” (St. Matthew 17:1-2):* How the face of the transfigured Lord shone as the sun;* How even I, although darkened by sin, can shine by Christ’s power and grace with the original radiance of sinless 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan: And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts and cried out unto Him saying: “Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil” (St. Matthew 15:22):* How the woman of Canaan persistently and repeatedly implored the Lord to save her daughter from the devil who tormented her;* How the Lord praised the faith of the woman and healed her daughter;* How the Lord can also free my soul from the devil, who has fallen into alienation from God, if only I persistently pray to Him with faith. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of many who were sick: And (they) besought Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole (St. Matthew 14:36):* How many who were sick only touched the hem of the Lord’s garment and were made whole;* How my soul can be healed if I touch His Body and Blood, as the physical garment of His Divinity. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the Lord’s miraculous walking on the water as though on dry land: But in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came to them walking upon the sea (St. Matthew 14:25):* How the Lord, walking upon the water, called to Peter: “Come!” (St. Matthew 14:29), and Peter set out, but because of his weak faith began to sink;* How the Lord also calls me to walk over the waters and storms of the passions, and how I set out but sink because of my little faith. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the Lord’s miraculous walking on water as on dry land: And when the apostles saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying: ‘It is a spirit and they cried out in fear’ (St. Matthew 14:25):* How the boat with the disciples was in danger on the waves of the sea at night, and how the Lord, seeing this, hastened to their help;* How I too am often in trouble from the darkness and the waves of passions and how the merciful Lord hastens to help me in walking over passions as over a solid road. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous multiplying of the bread in the wilderness: And when it was evening, his disciples came to Him saying: This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals (St. Matthew 14:15):* How the Lord fed five thousand people with the five blessed loaves;* How He is that Living Bread Who alone can miraculously feed my hungry soul, which all the rest of the world together cannot feed. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the blind and dumb man: Then was brought to Him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and He healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw (St. Matthew 12:22):* How the Lord healed the man who was blind and dumb;* How the Lord can instantly heal even my soul, blind and dumb because of my remoteness from Christ, only if I bring my soul to Him. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the dumb and possessed man: As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a dumb man possessed with a devil (St. Matthew 9:32):* How the Lord cast the devil out of him and the dumb man spoke;* How the devil, with all his power, tries to make my soul dumb so that it does not glorify the Lord;* How the Lord, if I so desire, can cast the unclean spirit out of me with one word and make me a harp of the glory of God. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate the miraculous healing of the two blind men: As Jesus moved on from there, two blind men came after Him crying out, ‘Son of David, have pity on us’ (St. Matthew 9:27):* How the blind men cried out to the Lord to open their eyes;* How the Lord touched their eyes and did unto them according to their faith, and they saw;* How the Lord can touch my blind soul and restore my spiritual sight if I cry out to Him in faith. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo 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 you whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour (St. Matthew 9:20-22):* How, with great faith, the woman with an issue of blood touched the hem of the garment of the Lord Jesus and was made whole;* How my soul is also like the woman with an issue of blood, as long as it is a slave to flesh and blood;* How, with one touch by Christ the Lord, my soul can be healed and inspired. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo 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 tassel on His cloak. She said to herself, ‘If only I can touch His cloak, I shall be cured.’ Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, ‘Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.’ And from that hour the woman was cured. When Jesus arrived at the official’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion, He said, ‘Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.’ And they ridiculed Him. When the crowd was put out, He came and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose. And news of this spread throughout all that land (St. Matthew 9:18-26):* How the Lord assured the people that the maiden was not dead but sleeping;* How He took her by the hand and the maiden arose alive;* How the Lord can resurrect my soul, dead from sin, by one touch of His Holy Life-giving Spirit. 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

CONTEMPLATIONTo 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 brings my palsied [paralytic] soul before the Lord, that the Lord might restore it to health, if only I desire it. 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