Episode #91: Fr. Joseph de Viveiros on Why Lent Should Humble You, Not Make You Proud
About this episode
Father Joseph de Viveiros discusses the true meaning of Lent and its transformative power.
In this episode, I sit down with Father Joseph de Viveiros, a priest of the Congregation of the Resurrection and chaplain for the Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board. Father brings decades of pastoral experience—from directing liturgy for World Youth Day 2002 with John Paul II to now caring for his 94-year-old mother with dementia—and his insights on Lent cut straight through the surface-level stuff we've been getting wrong for years. I'll walk you through: ✅ Why Lent is about transformation, not willpower—and why the palms that become ashes hold the secret ✅ The two types of fasting nobody talks about—and why one of them you should never stop doing after Easter ✅ Why giving up chocolate is fine—but only if you're filling that emptiness with what actually matters ✅ How fasting from evil (gossip, harsh words, judgment) is the real fast God wants from us ✅ Why Pope Francis is calling us to "disarm our language" this Lent—and what that looks like in practice ✅ The difference between suffering we create and suffering that just comes our way—and how both can be redemptive ✅ Why showing up matters more than you think—and what Father's 94-year-old mother taught him…
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