Forge Virtue Podcast

Most men have no idea why their life feels directionless. They're busy. They're training. They're grinding. But they never stop. And that constant motion is exactly the problem. The devil in the Screwtape Letters doesn't argue with his patient. He just keeps him distracted. A newsboy. A bus. Lunch. It works every time.Silence and prayer is indispensable. Without it, you have no way to aim your life at anything that actually matters. And a man without an aim is already losing, no matter how hard he works. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN AIM.In this video I cover:-what the Screwtape Letters reveal about distraction and the modern world-why prayer is an act of aiming, not just an act of devotion-how Peterson's framework on aim connects directly to Catholic spirituality-the daily practice of realignment and why it compounds over time-what Christ means when he says the eye is the lamp of the bodyWant to go deeper and get into a brotherhood of men doing this together? https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legionWe are rebuilding the west.My work: https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom (FFTK): http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/#silence #prayer #masculinity #catholic #christian #discipline #focus

0:00 Introduction0:33 Modern Society & Noise1:46 The Screwtape Letters3:42 The Stream of Sense Experience6:45 Distraction Is the Weapon7:32 Why Silence Maxing Matters8:05 Prayer as Orientation9:13 Aiming at the Highest Good10:29 Daily Realignment12:05 The Eye Is the Lamp13:20 Prayer Is Aiming13:41 No Excuses for Skipping Prayer14:39 Rise Early, Aim High14:58 Silence Max Every Morning

Most guys train hard and still stay small. They show up to the gym, they put in the sessions, they take the mirror photo, they do the secret ab check, and they wonder why nothing changes. This video breaks down the full approach to gaining serious mass, built from years of going from a 60kg pencil neck to pulling 210 off the ground, shaped in large part by the teachings of Eric Bugenhagen, the man who taught me more about lifting and bulking than anyone else.If you think you're eating enough, you're probably not. Most people are undereating by hundreds of calories and don't even know it. The bulk is not a 2,500 calorie day with a little ice cream for dessert. It is ruthless, intentional, front-loaded eating from the moment you wake up until the last hurrah before bed. And it has to be paired with heavy iron, compound movements, and the kind of training that drains your entire body by the time you leave the gym.This is the method. It worked. And if you actually follow it, it's impossible not to grow.In this video I cover:why 3,000 calories is basically maintenance and what you actually need to growthe exact meal structure I used to hit 5,000 to 6,000 calories a daywhy frontloading calories early in the day changes everythingthe case for raw eggs, raw milk, and whole food over supplementswhat Eric Bugenhagen taught me about bulking and lifting heavythe spiritual and physical argument for why a pencil neck has a duty to put on massthe Easter tide bulk and how I'm approaching the next phase of trainingWant to go further? Join men who are building themselves physically, spiritually, and in brotherhood:DM us LEGION or go here: https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legionWe are rebuilding the west.My work: https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom (FFTK): http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/#bulk #fitness #christianmasculinity #discipline #catholic #training #masculinity

The most Jewish thing you can do is become Catholic. The resurrection doesn't make full sense without what came before it, and that connection is almost never explained clearly. The Tridium is not three separate events. It is one complete movement that has been building since Genesis. The Passover, the lamb, the blood on the doorpost, Moses through the Red Sea, the vineyard parable, the suffering servant. All of it lands on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. When you see it, the whole of scripture locks into place.This video is not a long one, but it covers something I kept noticing was missing from almost every Easter conversation I came across, including from serious scholars.In this video I cover:-why the resurrection cannot be fully understood without the Old Testament-how Christ fulfills and completes the Passover, not just symbolically but literally-why there was no sacrificial lamb at the Last Supper-the real reason most Jews did not accept Christ as Messiah-the parable of the vineyard and what it reveals about salvation history-why Christianity did not appear out of nowhere but is the fulfillment of everything that came before itWant to go deeper and be part of a brotherhood doing this seriously? DM us LEGION or go here: https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legionWe are rebuilding the west.My work: https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom: http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/#catholic #christian #easter #resurrection #theology0:00 He is Risen — Happy Easter0:12 The Triduum Explained0:36 Easter Vigil: How It Begins1:17 Moses Prefigures Christ1:54 The Missing Link3:09 What Jewish Sacrifice Could Do3:47 Christ Was the Lamb4:50 The Messiah They Wanted6:16 Judaism Ends With Christ8:17 The Triduum: Source and Summit

You've sat through hundreds of masses and still might not fully understand what is happening at the altar. Most Catholics know the Last Supper as the beginning of a sad story. They don't know it as the hinge point of all salvation history. This video breaks down the scriptural and theological weight of Holy Thursday in a way that will change how you experience every Mass you attend for the rest of your life.The Passover wasn't just a memory. The Eucharist isn't just a symbol. And the altar isn't just a table. Once you understand what Christ was actually doing at that supper, and what he was fulfilling, and why he stopped the Passover meal deliberately unfinished, you can't unsee it. The connection between the Old Testament sacrifice, the Last Supper, and what happens on the altar every single Sunday is one of the most powerful threads running through all of scripture. Most people have never had it laid out for them clearly.In this video I cover:-Why there was no lamb at the Last Supper and what that reveals about Christ-The difference between the old Passover and the new, and why it matters for you right now-What anamnesis actually means and why the mass is not a repetition but a making present-How the priest acts in persona Christi and what that means for every consecration-Why the altar is Calvary and what you are actually standing at when you receive communionAre you seeking a community of like-minded men who hold the same standard you are 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 are done doing this alone, the door is open: https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legionMy work: https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom (FFTK): http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/#easter #eucharist #holythursday #masculinity #christian

0:00 Introduction

1:01 Why There Was No Lamb at the Last Supper

3:05 Why Believing in the Cross Is Not Enough

6:09 What Christ Was Actually Doing With the Bread

8:38 How the Priest Makes Calvary Present Today

11:24 Why One Mass Surpasses All Prayer and Penance

12:20 The Fourth Cup Christ Left Unfinished

12:58 Why the Mass Is Not a Remembrance

Something went wrong with our generation. Not just bad luck, not just the economy, not just bad parents. There are specific, identifiable reasons why the men around us look the way they look and live the way they live, and most of them have nothing to do with individual failure.This video is a breakdown of the four forces that stripped us of everything we needed to become who we were made to be. Formation, challenge, responsibility, and the call to greatness, systematically removed, one by one, and replaced with something far more sinister than outright opposition. Comfort. The kind that doesn't feel like a cage until you've already been in it for years.I grew up in this. I watched it happen to the guys around me. And it wasn't until I started pulling the thread that I understood just how deliberate and how deep the damage actually goes. If you're watching this, you've already heard something calling you out of it. That matters. Now you need to understand what you're actually up against.In this video I cover:-why the most important transmission between generations was cut and what was lost with it-how education became a mechanism for extending adolescence instead of ending it-the role marriage and family play in forming men and why their absence is catastrophic-how masculine impulses get hijacked and redirected into counterfeits-what the church was supposed to provide and why it largely stopped-what it actually looks like to respond to all of thisMy work:https://linktr.ee/tomas.monesFit for the Kingdom (FFTK):http://fitforthekingdom.com.au/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.We are rebuilding the west. "Iron sharpens iron" (Proverbs 27:17)https://fitforthekingdom.com.au/the-legion#masculinity #discipline #christian #genz #formation

0:00 Introduction1:49 The Transmission Was Cut (Fatherlessness)5:19 Extended Adolescence: School and University9:23 The Dissolution of Marriage and Family11:21 The Abundance of Comfort and Hijacking of the Masculine Soul15:29 The Church Stopped Calling Men to Greatness20:06 What You Need to Do About It