Fr. Bill Peckman is a priest in the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri. He is the pastor Immaculate Conception Parish, St. Mary Parish, St. Patrick Parish, and Sacred Heart Parish.
In the past few weeks, we have seen two mass casualty events that have garnered national attention: a shooting at a Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo, New York and at a grade school in Uvalde, Texas. These things rightfully sadden us, frighten us, enrage us, and confuse us. Unfortunately, these...
Unpopular opinion ahead: There is quite a bit of press on the whole Will Smith/Chris Rock slap. I am not going to get into the slap, but the response. First seeing Hollywood and the entertainment industry get all up in arms about it has left me with one question:...
I just got back from a penance service in Brookfield, Mo. (nice church with awesome stations of the Cross). I took advantage of it and decided to go to Confession myself. The confessor gave me as a penance something to reflect on that he once saw in a parishioner’s...
People in my parish, especially parents of parochial school students, might wonder why I am so very insistent about Mass attendance and worship on Sundays. I am to where I have contemplated putting on my tombstone, “Please be sure to to worship every Sunday at Mass.” I know so many...
I believe everyone has that one thing they mourn understanding what they have longed for in this life, they will never ever have. I am not talking about stupid material things. Perhaps it is a particular relationship, or approval for your labors, or freedom from drama, or things of more...
In the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar, there is a scene in which Marc Anthony is alone with the body of the freshly assassinated Julius Caesar. He seeks vengeance on the assassins knowing it will send Rome into a killing frenzy. From this scene we hear the words, “Cry ‘havoc’ and...
