Forge Virtue Podcast

Forge Virtue Podcast

By Tomas Mones-CazonEducationSelf-Improvement
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Forge Virtue Podcast episodes

  • 3 Missions Every Baptized Man Was Given (Most Men Never Claim)
    Most men have no idea what happened to them at their baptism.They know they were cleansed from original sin. They might know they were welcomed into the Church. But they were never told the rest of it. They were never told they were commissioned.When you were anointed with chrism, the same oil used to consecrate kings, priests, and prophets in the Old Testament, you were given an identity, an authority, and a set of orders. Not a certificate. A mission. The Church has known this for two thousand years. Lumen Gentium lays it out in three articles. And almost no one is talking about it.This video breaks down the three-fold office of Christ, priest, prophet, and king, and what it means for the man who is not ordained, who works a job, raises a family, and is trying to figure out what he's actually here to do.In this video I cover:-what the anointing with chrism actually did to your soul-the theological meaning of being "incorporated" into Christ-the priestly office: why your suffering, work, and daily life are a real sacrifice-the prophetic office: why Christian men's silence is why evil runs the streets-the kingly office: why self-mastery comes before everything else-how to begin living this out practically starting todayThe Legion: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedFind out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://linktr.ee/tomas.mones 0:00 You Were Given a Mission at Baptism0:41 The Baptismal Commissioning Explained1:25 Chrism Oil and the Anointing at Baptism2:33 The Permanent Mark on the Soul3:37 Incorporated into Christ4:51 Lumen Gentium and the Baptismal Call5:35 Commissioning Authority Identity and Orders8:38 Your Daily Life Is Your Priestly Offering12:16 Suffering with Intention13:54 The Prophetic Office Explained15:08 Witnessing Truth in Daily Life17:39 Why Christian Men Failed Their Prophetic Duty19:26 The Kingly Office20:19 Dominion Begins Within21:56 Slaves to Passion vs Kings23:05 You Are Being Sent to the Front Lines24:15 Wrapping Up the Three Offices25:04 The Laity Were Never Taught Their Dignity27:15 Living the Offices From the Inside Out29:38 Your Vocation Shapes How You Live This30:21 Outro and the Legion Community
    34 min
  • How To Approach Girls (Why You Keep Getting Rejected)
    Most guys think approaching girls is a skill problem. It's not. The skill falls apart because what's underneath it is rotten. Before you ever open your mouth, there's a layer of work that has to be done. Get that wrong and everything else is just performance. She'll feel it. You'll feel it. And nothing will come of it.This video is about what actually has to be in place before any of this works.In this video I cover:-Why intention determines everything before the approach even happens-The three types of guys and where you actually fall-Where to find the kind of woman you're actually looking for-How physicality, composure, and dress change what you communicate without saying a word-The calibration problem that kills good guys in conversation-Why "what to say" is maybe 10% of thisThe Legion: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedFind out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://linktr.ee/tomas.mones 0:00 How to Approach Girls0:13 Intention Before Everything1:37 The Guy Must Lead With Clarity4:25 No Intention Leads to Disorder5:39 Living Intentionally Without Dating7:00 Ready to Find a Spouse8:33 Where to Actually Find Her10:46 Be Jacked Dress Well Speak Well13:42 Be Yourself and Stay Calibrated16:23 Practice the Art of Conversation18:15 Intention and Confidence Do the Work19:30 Legion Community and Outro
    21 min
  • Biblical Proof of Retardmaxxing
    Previous video introduction to retardmaxxing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVB_aIXMEgE&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=6&t=426sIf the last video landed for you, this one goes further.The world has a word for the man who fasts, prays, detaches from possessions, and orders his whole life toward God. That word is fool. St. Paul knew it. The saints knew it. And if you're serious about your faith, you're going to know it too. This is part two of the retardmaxxing series, and this time we're going into the scriptural foundations of the concept. It's not a modern internet phenomenon. It has deep roots in the tradition of the Church, and once you understand the theology behind it, the whole Christian life starts to make a different kind of sense.The world's wisdom and God's wisdom are not the same thing. What looks like weakness is often where the real power is. The incarnation itself is the clearest proof of that. This video gets into what St. Thomas Aquinas says true happiness actually is, why retardmaxxing is not anti-thought but anti-overthinking, and why Our Lady is the model of everything this concept is pointing at.The Legion: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedFind out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://linktr.ee/tomas.mones 0:00 Holy Fool Scripture Foundations0:42 Fools for Christ in 1 Corinthians1:03 The Absurdity of the Incarnation2:07 Why Christian Life Looks Foolish3:14 The Happy Man the World Mocks3:56 God Makes Foolish the Wise4:26 Weakness of the Cross as Victory5:03 Becoming Like a Child5:34 Simplicity and United Desires6:29 True Happiness Defined by Aquinas7:37 Anti-Overthinking Not Anti-Thought8:47 Mary the Model of the Interior Life10:24 Living and Dying as a Holy Fool11:27 Disclaimer on Worldly Duties11:55 Faith Integrates Everything
    13 min
  • Plato's Solution to the Masculinity Crisis
    Plato split men into three classes. Bronze, silver, and gold. Most men are chasing silver. Strength, success, status. And there's nothing wrong with any of that. But if that's where it ends, you get tyrants, not kings.The philosopher king is the integration of all three. A man who has mastered the exterior but understands that mastery flows from the interior. A man who has seen the good and is fixed on it, which means the world stops having the kind of grip on him it has over everyone else. You can't bribe a man who doesn't want what you're offering.This video gets into why kingship alone produces disorder, why philosophy without strength produces basement dwellers, and why only the man who holds both has the capacity to actually lead. Plato gives us the framework. Aquinas develops it. And Christianity completes it through the baptismal commissioning of priest, prophet, and king. That's what every Christian man is called to. Most have never heard it framed that way.The Legion: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedFind out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://linktr.ee/tomas.mones 0:00 The Philosopher King1:04 Plato's Three Types of Men1:47 The Golden Class Sees the Good2:37 Leaders Must Be Like Doctors3:28 Why Kingship Alone Falls Short5:04 The Modern King Movement5:32 Marcus Aurelius and True Wisdom6:50 The Philosopher Without Physicality8:02 Low Testosterone and Moral Cowardice9:44 Cannot Be Bribed by Shadows10:06 Christ Perfects the Philosopher King10:39 Epictetus and the Interior Kingdom12:31 Priest Prophet King14:37 The Legion and Final Thoughts
    16 min
  • The 10 Years That Determine Everything (Most Men Waste Them)
    Most men are waiting for a clear calling before they start becoming who they need to be. They want the vocation, the mission, the direction, before they commit to the work. But that's not how it works. Capacity comes before calling. The man who waits to be ready will never be ready.This video is about what you're supposed to be doing right now, before the vocation, before the clarity, before you know what God is asking of you. There is a specific kind of work that belongs to the years in front of you, and most young men are throwing it away.The graveyard image in this video says it all. All throughout a good man's life are gravestones marking the noble deeds that went undone, not through bad intentions, but through lack of energy, lack of vigor, lack of capacity. That is the quiet tragedy of a generation of men who were never taught to build.In this video I cover:-The difference between having capacity and knowing what it's for-Why the years of your youth are the most important years of your formation-What building capacity actually looks like in prayer, body, skill, and career-The low-energy dad problem-Why you don't need a clear calling to start doing serious work todayThe Legion: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedFind out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://linktr.ee/tomas.mone0:00 Capacity Is Not Enough0:46 Why Young Men Need to Build Now1:26 Prayer Body and Skills2:24 Grind the Years Before Marriage3:43 Most Men Waste Their Days4:15 The Low Energy Dad Problem6:12 Gravestones of Undone Deeds7:04 Build for What God Will Ask7:53 Train Today Build Today
    9 min
  • Male Leadership (Will Save The World)
    Most men today chase strength, money, and status but still feel lost. They miss the actual core of masculinity, the non-negotiable call that biology, history, and Christ Himself make crystal clear.In this raw, no-fluff breakdown I lay out what real masculine virtue looks like, why it’s never in competition with femininity, and how the culture’s zero-sum lie has destroyed both. Men are wired for hardship and leadership. Higher cortisol tolerance, thumos that drives conquest and protection, a life that isn’t about self but sacrifice for wife, family, and society. Thi headship that creates safety, order, and room for women to actually flourish in their own vocation of love and nurture.And feminism doesn’t free women, it trades one form of slavery for another. When men step up and lead rightly, everything changes for the better. It’s a positive-sum game, not the war the world pretends it is. If you’re tired of weak, directionless masculinity and want the real standard, this one cuts straight through the noise.The Legion: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedFind out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://linktr.ee/tomas.mones0:00 Masculinity and Femininity0:44 Feminism Versus True Femininity1:10 Career Over Family Trap2:22 Two Sexes Biological Differences3:17 Thumos and Sacrifice4:29 Christ Models Masculinity5:02 Strength Serves Family6:37 Masculine Vocation Is Leadership7:01 Lead Yourself First8:09 Zero Sum Lie of Feminism9:25 Men Lead Women Flourish11:45 Complementary Positive Sum Game13:05 Embrace Leadership Vocation13:52 Society Lies to Women15:31 CTAs
    18 min
  • The Spiritual Warfare Rules Nobody Taught You (Saint Faustina's Diary)
    Christ appeared to St. Faustina and gave her 25 rules for the spiritual life. Most peopleapproach the interior life like a self-improvement project. They improvise, they follow what feels right, they piece together a spirituality built around their own instincts. That's not how the saints did it. Two thousand years of tradition have already done the heavy lifting. The problem is most men never find it, or they ignore it when they do.These rules cut through every excuse, every piece of modern spiritual softness, and every tendency we have to trust our own judgment over God's. If you're serious about the interior life, this is the framework.In this video I cover:-Why self-invention is one of the greatest threats to a man's spiritual life-The role of a confessor and spiritual director-Interior mortifications and why they're harder and more rewarding than physical ones-Emotional chastity and guarding your interior life-Why feelings are the enemy of merit and what to follow instead-How to respond to ingratitude, temptation, discouragement, and rebuke-What it means to fight with the conviction that God is with youThe Legion: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedFind out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://linktr.ee/tomas.mones0:00 Why These 25 Rules Matter1:17 Stop Inventing Yourself2:58 Never Trust Yourself Abandon to God4:05 In Desolation Go to Jesus4:46 Flee Temptation to the Sacred Heart5:44 Reveal Temptations to Your Confessor6:33 Put Self Love Last7:11 Bear With Yourself Patiently7:39 Practice Interior Mortifications9:41 Justify Your Superiors Opinions10:42 Shun Murmuring Like a Plague11:16 Act Only as God Wants You To12:00 Observe Your Rule of Life13:11 Do Good to Those Who Trouble You13:40 Guard Your Soul Don't Pour Out Feelings14:53 Be Silent When Rebuked15:27 Seek Only Your Confessors Opinion15:57 Don't Be Discouraged by Ingratitude16:22 Don't Be Curious About Your Road17:21 When Bored Hide in God's Heart17:57 Courage Itself Intimidates Temptation19:02 God Is With You Merit Lies in the Will20:02 Trust Tradition Over Your Own Judgment20:27 Prepare for Great Battles21:23 All Heaven and Earth Are Watching22:04 Everything You Do Matters22:49 Resources and Closing
    25 min
  • Is Your Phone Bringing You Closer to God?
    Your phone isn't neutral. Every hour you spend on it is either pulling you toward God or pushing you further away, and most men haven't been honest enough with themselves to figure out which one it's doing. The Epstein files. The Iran-Israel conflict. Fuel prices. Outrage cycles. None of it is yours to carry, but the algorithm feeds it to you anyway, and you let it. Then you wonder why you can't pray. Why you can't focus. Why you feel spiritually flat in a life that looks fine on paper.This isn't a discipline problem in isolation. It's a formation problem. The same brain you're training to seek a dopamine hit every ten seconds is the brain you're expecting to sustain an hour of prayer, deep work, or presence with your family. It doesn't work like that. In this video I cover what it actually costs you to stay plugged in, why turning off your phone doesn't instantly fix anything, and the one question that cuts through all of it.The Legion: Stop doing this alone, join a brotherhood of Christian men who will hold you to the standard you already know you should be living. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion FFTK: Come train, pray, and build with men in person. → http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/ 1:1 Coaching: If you're tired of knowing exactly what you need to do and still not doing it, apply to work with me directly. → https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedFind out more: links to all my social media profiles and content can be found here. → https://linktr.ee/tomas.mones
    5 min
  • @GoldenVitalist on Physical Excellence, the Human Form, and Why Weakness Is a Spiritual Problem

    Tomas sits down with Matt (Golden Age Vitalist) and Blake to cover the intersection of vitalism, classical philosophy, and Christian spirituality. They get into why the Greek concept of thumos, the spiritedness of a man, is literally expressed through physical training. Why beauty is a theological category, not just an aesthetic preference. Why a fat, low-energy Christian is quietly undermining his own belief. And why the looks maxing scene, for all its early promise, collapsed into pure vanity. This is about what it means to pursue the human form as a duty to God, and how the discipline required to get there forges the interior virtues that make a man actually capable of contributing something to the world.

    Matt's X: https://x.com/GoldenVitalist
    Matt's YouTube: @MattKukta

    Blake's X: https://x.com/blakeburris
    The platform Blake is developing: https://zincmode.com/

    Tomas' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomas.mones/
    Tomas' X: https://x.com/tomas_mones
    Fit for the Kingdom: http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/

    Chapters
    0:00 Opening and Guest Introductions
    4:50 Our Journeys Into Vitalism
    5:24 Matt's Story From Sports to Lifting
    7:24 Why Lifting Is Different From Sports
    11:00 Biohacking Nutrition and Optimization
    16:57 Discovering Ray Peat and Jonathan Bowen
    17:38 Aesthetics as a Path to the Divine
    19:39 Theosis and the Perfect Human Form
    22:18 Modern Architecture Crushes the Soul
    24:51 Worshipping God in Body Mind and Spirit
    29:17 What Looksmaxxing Gets Wrong
    33:48 Looksmaxxing Is Materialism Not Virtue
    36:19 Matt Inside the Looksmaxxing Scene
    38:38 Holistic Training and the Greek Thumos
    41:55 Training Forges Virtue and Character
    43:42 The Will to Change Yourself
    48:18 From Self Mastery to Community Impact
    49:14 Pay the Farmer Not the Doctor
    50:44 Was Jesus Shredded
    53:45 Gluttony Seed Oils and Bodily Control
    55:26 Looking Healthy vs Being Healthy
    57:38 PUFAs Seed Oils and Real Health
    1:00:50 Fat Priests and Christian Decline
    1:02:27 Trad Catholicism and Orthodoxy Rising
    1:04:19 Why the Latin Mass Converted Tomas
    1:05:16 Soy Christianity and Embodied Faith
    1:06:00 Beauty of Orthodox and TLM Liturgy
    1:07:02 Closing Faith Fitness and Fraternity
    1:08:08 Brotherhood and the Power of Mannerbund
    1:10:48 Final Plugs and Resources

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    1 hr 14 min
  • 3 Rules That Kill the Phone Addiction for Good
    Your phone is not a neutral tool. It's a trillion-dollar machine engineered to keep you hooked, and it runs on the same neurological mechanisms as drug addiction. The algorithms don't care about your prayer life, your focus, your family, or your formation. They care about one thing: keeping your eyes on the screen.Most men know this and still can't stop. That's not weakness. That's by design.In this video I give you three practical protocols for breaking that grip: physical boundaries that remove the option before the temptation hits, intentional friction that increases the space between boredom and the dopamine hit, and a single spiritual criterion that cuts through all the noise.The Odysseus and the sirens framework is the right one here. You don't beat this by trying harder. You beat it by tying yourself to the mast.Are you seeking a community of like-minded men who hold the same standard you're trying to hold?The Legion is a brotherhood of Christian men built around real accountability, weekly coaching, and a network of men who are actually doing the work. If you're done doing this alone, the door is open.https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legionFit for the Kingdom in person events (FFTK):http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/Explore working with me 1:1: https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/forgedMy work:https://linktr.ee/tomas.mones#socialmedia #discipline #catholic #masculinity #phone0:00 Phone Addiction Is a Trillion Dollar Trap1:00 Why These Platforms Are Designed Against You2:24 Social Media Hooks the Same Brain as Drugs2:50 The Odysseus and the Sirens Lesson3:58 Tip 1 Physical Usage Protocols6:09 Tip 2 Intentional Friction and App Limits8:50 Tip 3 Does This Bring Me Closer to God10:35 How Doom Scrolling Rewires Your Brain12:33 Reclaiming Intention and a Life of Prayer13:43 Final Call To Actions
    17 min

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Tomas Mones-Cazon went from a skinny, screen-glued kid during Covid to competitive powerlifter, traditional Catholic, and founder of Fit for the Kingdom. A dairy farmer, theology student, husband, and…