89 - Is Lent Still Relevant?
From Bread and Rosaries by Adam Spiers, Luca Von Badass, Jonny Bell & Ben Molyneux-Hetherington
March 29, 2026 · 1h 26m · Season 7 · Episode 89
About this episode
The episode explores the relevance of Lent, questioning its focus on individualism versus community and justice.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Bread and Rosaries, Jonny, Ben and Adam ask a simple question: what is Lent actually for? Has it become too individualised? Is it more about self-improvement than transformation? How have practices like fasting and “giving things up” shifted over time, and what might be lost when Lent is detached from justice, community and repentance? Along the way, they also get into questions of forgiveness, accountability and power, asking what genuine repentance ...
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Hosts: Jonny, Ben, Adam
Topics covered
- Lent
- self-improvement
- transformation
- fasting
- forgiveness
- accountability
- community
Keywords
- Lent
- fasting
- self-improvement
- transformation
- forgiveness
- repentance
- community
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