What's the point of Lent?

We celebrated (is that the right word?) the first Sunday in Lent at church yesterday by taking our time over Holy Communion, and each coming forward to kneel at the front of church to take the bread and wine, as a way of expressing not only our penitence, but also our gratitude and total dependence on Christ and his work in our lives. Jonny spoke about making sure our lives are on the right track - doing the right things, in the right ways and for the right reasons.