Tear Down the Rebellious - the power of Lent

For many, Lent is the welcome call to the conscience to lay aside the habitual attraction to sin, laziness, and excess.  It is a call to the Christian soul in the materialistic world to remember the purpose to his life:  that he is an exile - he is a pilgrim navigating along a dangerous road - that he is a citizen of another world.
Lent is the time to do battle with evil spirits and with our fallen nature.  The blessing on the ashes for Ash Wednesday states it plainly, asking God that, "as we do ...