The Forge with Tomas Mones-Cazon

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 suffer...

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...

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....

You can't stay consistent because you're measuring the wrong thing. You track results instead of investment, and when the numbers don't move fast enough, you lose the thread entirely. The effort is there. The intention is there. But the framework is wrong from the start. The parable of the talents isn't just about money. It's about what you do with every hour you've been given today. And most peop...

Looksmaxxing is everywhere right now. Young men chasing jawlines, mewing, wearing shoulder pads, hollow cheeks, makeup, all of it in the name of masculine self-improvement. But underneath the aesthetics is something older and more dangerous than a trend. It's the myth of Narcissus playing out again. A man who fixed his gaze on himself and lost everything. His purpose, his strength, his mission...

Sex outside of marriage is not just a sin. It is philosophically incoherent, and it is dismantling the social order around you. This video breaks down the real philosophical and theological case, from St. John Paul II's personalistic norm to the natural law understanding of the marital act, and shows exactly how removing the sexual act from its proper end produces everything from broken famili...

Most men think consistency is just about working hard and showing up. They grind for a while, see some progress, ease off, and end up back where they started. The issue isn't motivation or discipline in the moment. It's that they don't understand what consistency actually does over time, and what the absence of it is doing right now. Your default trajectory is not flatline. If you're coasting, you...

Effeminacy is a word almost nobody uses anymore. Aquinas defined it as a reluctance to sacrifice pleasure or endure pain in the pursuit of a good or a virtue. That one definition explains most of what's wrong with men today. The collapsing marriages, the addictions, the lack of leadership, the men who know what they should do and simply won't do it. Ephesians 5 gets weaponised constantly i...

Most people know social media is bad for them. They just haven't been honest about why. This video breaks down exactly what the algorithm is doing to you, why willpower alone isn't enough to fight it, and the one reframe that changes how you respond to friction entirely. If you're using social media and you're not there to produce, convert, or build something. You're just being FARMED.The algorith...

You're Good, But Not Virtuous (Here's Why That Matters): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNqzd0dNvc&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=8&t=476sGuide on Defeating Lust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbNH_4xUt0&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=4We are all prodigal sons. Every single one of us. The fall is not the end of the story, but how you r...

Biblical Morning Routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9ixuRx65U&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=1&t=38sMost people fail at waking up early because they treat it like a discipline problem when it's actually a systems problem. I've done multiple months of consistent 4am mornings, 40 days of 3:30am, and I've maintained this outside of work commitments and f...

Most men give God the leftovers. Whatever time is left after work, after the gym, after scrolling. This video breaks down the biblical patriarch morning routine: prayer, physical discipline, and mental formation, and why the order matters more than the effort. As men the morning is the crucial keystone upon which everything else is built. This is the framework they used and the one I apply every s...

My previous video on fasting, Fast Like an Ancient Christian (Not a Modern ‘Biohack Bro’) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFnqejRdkn4&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=22Before 1966, every Catholic was required to fast every weekday of Lent. One meal. No meat. Ages 21 to 59. No exceptions. The desert monks ate once every two to four days. Bread, salt, water. The Eastern Orthodo...

My previous video on why I don't drink alcohol as a young man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-6iS-LXv34&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=1&t=68sDefeating lust and pornography addiction requires more than abstinence. This breakdown covers the path from porn and masturbation addiction to true chastity and purity of heart through physical discipline, fasting, prayer, a...

Why I don't drink alcohol as a young man in my 20s. We have a drinking problem in the West. Not just alcoholism - though that's destroying families and careers at scale. The real problem is that drinking has become the default coping mechanism for an entire generation of young men who have no meaning, no mission, and no ability to sit with their own thoughts without sedation. It's norm...

In this video I covered running our latest men's event, St Michael's Troops, and some of the bottlenecks and challenges in scaling this event accross multiple locations.. The marketing gets done in spare time between farm work, theology study, altar server training. Most projects die here. Not from lack of interest, but from lack of resources and willingness to sacrifice comfort for infras...

Your 20s aren't for finding yourself. They're for building. Most people think finding yourself means Bali trips and road trips across Europe. That's garbage. You find yourself under pressure, through commitments, by doing difficult things, not on a beach. The brutal reality: your trajectory at 25 becomes your trajectory at 50. If it's pointing down or sideways now, it stays that wa...

My last video about sitting in the EXACT TIPPING POINT of continence to virtue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGkY5gkh0qM&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=2Most people stay trapped in a cycle of trying hard, burning out, and starting over. You build good habits, you do the right things, you push yourself through the grind, but somehow you end up back where you started. The p...

In 1200 AD, St. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote a letter to Hugh de Payens, first Grandmaster of the Knights Templar. Hugh had asked Bernard three times for a pep talk to inspire his knights and recruit support for their new order, warrior monks defending Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land. Bernard's response became the blueprint for combining interior virtue with exterior capability. Bernard wrot...

Most men think discipline is about forcing reps or hitting weekly streaks. Wrong. Discipline is the byproduct of interior transformation, which is training your mind to sit in friction instead of seeking the exit. If you're white-knuckling cold showers while fantasizing about comfort, you're building on sand. In this video:-Why exterior discipline collapses without interior peace-The distr...

Check out my previous video on building an environment that works in your favour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIzUrbxL-E&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=1Most guys think confidence is about talking better or faking it. Wrong. Confidence is the byproduct of capability, when you've put in years of work building yourself physically, spiritually, professionally. If you&#...

Check out my previous video about the lonely chapter of life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE3_gW_W4-E&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=3 [LINK]I've spoken a lot about environment and inputs, but here I go deeper into how controlling your environment is the foundation of lasting change. Too many people rely on willpower alone and wonder why they keep failing. The truth is y...

Check out my previous videos on relationships and preparation for marriage linked below. Why Modern Relationships Fail (And Marriage Endures): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26JxoNxFd1E&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=28&t=1s You Want a Queen? Build a Kingdom First: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcLgHpKXraw&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=27 This...

Check out the previous video on smashing 2026 with systems that work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hre2NeXd2I&list=PLNiMDAMs3mP4hu5KJE9rnUm7h7kLLOVPk&index=1&t=1sWhen your inputs change, how you spend your time, what you consume, what you prioritise, usually your friend group doesn't or won't come with you. It's a difficult realisation that can cause a lot of mindset problems and d...

Most people don't understand the level of intentionality required to live a highly ordered life that leads to your genuine flourishing under God. It's not being hyper productive, but spending your time in those high ROI activities that are actually fulfilling. If you want more information around intentional leisure and productivity I recommend you check out these two past videos:Make Yourself So B...