Men treat Lent as optional. However, if this were the case, Christ would NOT have begun His public ministry with the command to repent. Yet most Catholic men approach Lent as if it were extra credit, giving something up, struggling through forty days, and returning to the same patterns unchanged. In this episode, John Heinen and Devin Schadt discuss the real reason Lent exists. Penance is not a spiritual accessory, and conversion is not reserved for dramatic moments of crisis. Lent is ordered toward metanoia, a real turning away from sin and a deliberate turning toward Christ.

Together, they clarify what penance actually means in Scripture and tradition, why many men resist it, and why discipline without direction produces little lasting fruit. Most importantly, they lay out a concrete three-step plan to help men structure Lent intentionally, not as a seasonal effort, but as a path toward becoming like Christ.

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The Plan as Discussed in the Show:
Step 1 - Identify the categories where you are called to be holier, more ordered, and more fulfilled. Those areas keeping you from Christ – making you less Christ like:
• Relational
• Devotional
• Sacramental
• Sacrificial
• Physical
• Occupational
• Vocational

Step 2 - Identify concrete acts that will increase virtue and perfection in each category you chose:
Acts must be specific and embodied.
• Practices should confront vice directly
• Good intentions without defined acts never become formation

Step 3 - Schedule these acts daily and weekly so they become habits and virtues:
What is not scheduled is rarely sustained.
• Repetition forms stability
• Stability forms virtue

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