Grazie. padre.

Here's my take: the statement that the kingdom of God is in your midst is Luke's way of transforming what had been a highly eschatological concept in Mark (and to a certain extent in Matthew) into a dialectical one: the kingdom exists in the dialog between each individual and the community that proclaims the gospel in its fullness, challenging all of them to conversion of life. 

I don't find any biblical foundation for ideas of the kingdom that either condemn or absolve people a priori. Instead, I find consistent support for the idea that we are all called to submit our lives to the scrutiny of the gospel and decide for ourselves whether we will accept it and be converted or co-opt it and make it say what we want. (I've very good at the latter....)

In this view, Lent is a liturgical condensation of the dynamic relationship between individual and gospel, with the burden on the church to proclaim it and on us to accept it and be transformed. (Out of space...)