March 25 is the Day of the Annunciation, a holy day in the Catholic Church. This marks the day, nine months before Christmas, that the Archangel Gabriel visited Mary to tell her that she would conceive a baby, Jesus, as told in the Bible’s book of Luke, chapter 1, verses 26-38.

As we settle into the Lenten season, the six weeks preceding Easter, many religions require and/or encourage their followers to refrain from eating meat on Fridays. To make planning dinner a little easier during this time, we offer a few fish recipes for the Lenten season:

Mustard-broiled Ohio walleye
Sun-dried tomato tilapia in a bag
Baked Parmesan perch
Traditional Lenten fish fry

February 6 is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season in the Christian world, the six-week season that precedes Easter. All over the globe, this is a day for fasting, reflection, and going to church. In the Catholic church and many Christian churches, penitents are marked on their forehead with ashes in the sign of the cross. This custom reflects Job’s words to God, recounted in the Bible’s Job 42:3-6: “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
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