The season of Lent is drawing now to a close. On Ash Wednesday we said that Lent is not primarily a period when we "don’t do this" or "don’t do that;" rather it is intended to be a time of self-denial and self-discipline during which we tone up the moral fiber of our inner being and when we place greater emphasis upon the spiritual and less upon the material. As someone has said, "It is a matter of adding as well as subtracting." If we have been serious at all, our aim during the past few weeks should have been our taking second place to our independence as persons and giving God and his presence greater priority in our daily lives. In so thinking and doing we would have been probably more honest with ourselves and in our moments of quiet devotion have asked seriously whether or not life h…