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.
Every single problem the Church has all flows from one central issue: Our spiritual health is lacking. In most places in the western world, Mass attendance is well below 40 percent. In other words: 60 percent+ willfully starve themselves spiritually. An even greater number allow this to fester as the...
Why is there scandal in the Church? One answer: We took our eyes off Christ. Like Peter walking on the water, when we take our eyes off Christ, we sink. We took our eyes off Christ when we thought a good idea to water down the Gospel with worldly wisdom....
I recently posted how the Church is on fire and some of the telltale signs of such a fire. I purposely did not give solutions. That would be done after a few days reaction time. I did not think the post would garner anywhere near the attention it did. I...
The Catholic Church in this country is on fire and has been for decades. Did we not see that when people started bolting for the doors, leaving confessionals in cobwebs, Masses empty, and once thriving parishes mere shells of themselves. Did we not see that when seminaries, religious houses of...
The Bible teaches us that there is not a fence or middle ground with Jesus; He compels us to make a choice. You are either with Him or you are in the Valley of Hinnom (aka Gehenna). The Valley of Hinnom was the garbage dump of Jerusalem in the time...
I learned something very important this week: I can be replaced. I will be replaced. And I am totally okay with that. I learned this lesson yesterday. To make a long story short, the realization came after me spraining my wrist and a comically long ER visit with a camper...
