We’re so used to living in spiritual darkness as a consequence of original sin that we grow accustomed to living in the dark.  A worldly outlook on the world may seem the logical result of bad experiences, but it is truly a gloomy one.  Lent is a time of penance and sorrow for our sins, but it is also a preparation to celebrate the light of the Resurrection. Our Lord didn’t want to just show us something through his Resurrection. He wanted to show us something through his entire earthly life, bad and good.  Lent is a time to let the light of Christ back into those dark corners and rooms of our life where we’ve tried to keep him out.