If you don’t observe Lent, there’s a surefire way to know when the season rolls around. Mardi Gras parties may have gone missing this year, but you can’t miss that every fast food place in town is offering fish sandwiches.
A new one in the mix this year is Golden Chick’s beer-battered Alaskan cod, offered for the first time ever, as a fillet, on a sandwich or on a combo with butterfly shrimp. I tried the combo, and it’s pretty tasty. But if you don’t want to resort to fast food, try the Filet O’ Butcher slider at Son of a Butcher.
Effie Caldarola
By Effie Caldarola • Catholic News Service • Posted March 4, 2021
My faith-sharing group decided that we would each describe a person who inspires us. This could be a figure from the Gospels, perhaps a favorite saint or a figure from our own lives. Someone even chose his mother-in-law.
But out of 10 people, three of us selected St. Peter. We agreed that of the many people who walk through the Gospels, Peter, besides Jesus himself, is portrayed in the most thorough and three-dimensional way. Peter is a good figure to accompany our Lent.
If I were a Gospel author writing well over 50 years after the events, would I have portrayed Peter, this man who became the leader, in such an authentic way? Or would I have airbrushed out a few flaws? He’s so accessible we even get a glimpse of his mother-in-law.
I would like to begin this column by iterating that I am not, in fact, Catholic. However, I observe Lent. After being raised religious, my childhood indoctrination jumps out every year around Mardi Gras and I give something up â not because Iâm particularly religious now, but more so because I think itâs good to discard what doesnât serve you or your higher self.Â
Among the things that havenât served me or my higher self in a very long time, men sit at the top of the list followed distantly by alcohol, nicotine and cheese. So, after careful consideration I decided to give up men for Lent.Â
Want golden, crispy fish without deep-frying? This air fryer recipe is for you.
Ann Maloney, The Washington Post
March 3, 2021
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Air-Fryer Fish Fillets.Photo by Scott Suchman for The Washington Post.
As soon as Lent arrives, I begin to crave fried fish. It s a conditioned response - not unlike Pavlov s dog and that bell - that stems from years of living in a predominantly Catholic city where on Fridays during the solemn season, churches and community groups fry thousands of fish fillets to raise money for nonprofit groups and feed the faithful - or anyone who loves the crispy plate.
In the midst of a global pandemic, now downgraded to an epidemic, Christians throughout the world have a great opportunity to observe Lent, the 40-day period before Easter. Special services,