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Go Forth... provides tools to connect with God's mission for you and your ministry. We offer commentary, podcasts, and community to support and form missionary disciples throughout the Church. Our goal is to animate the universal call to mission through the Sunday readings.

Amplify Your Mission with Go Forth...

Go Forth... aims to amplify our universal call to mission by exploring the weekly scriptures in two ways:

  • Commentary on the Sunday readings from a missionary perspective - arriving in your email box on Tuesdays to help you prepare reflections, lessons, or homilies
  • Podcasts featuring interviews with missionaries in the field, both in the U.S. and abroad, who share their lived reality and experience of the word of God

Our goal is to provide resources that help you amplify the Gospel message and strengthen the missionary church.

Contact Dr. Ben Ou-Yang at benouyang@uscatholicmission.org  to learn more and get involved!

Sunday Readings from a Missionary Perspective

Discipleship Costs – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 24

Discipleship Costs Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel passage from Luke can be very disturbing; they confront us and question the quality of our discipleship, our genuine following of Jesus. We must strive to enter through the “narrow…

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Offensive Oratory – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 17, 2025

Offensive Oratory A middle-aged couple came up to me after Mass one day, recently. “You should avoid terms like ‘concentration camps’, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and ‘Gestapo tactics,’” they said. I didn’t argue with them, but merely…

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Becoming Credible Servants – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 10, 2025

Becoming Credible Servants Today’s Gospel mentions various forms of the word “servant” over a dozen times; we cannot fail to see the emphasis that Luke the Evangelist places on this aspect of Christ’s mission. Pope Francis, speaking…

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Christ is All and in All – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 3, 2025

Christ is All and in All I was 26 years old when I went to Brazil in 1978 knowing that I was making a commitment of at least 6 years as our Reverend Mother at…

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Knowing God as Compassionate Father – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, July 27, 2025

Knowing God as Compassionate Father Christian creeds address God as Father. Calling God “Our Father” is a personal address, asserting his care for all creation, especially for all humanity. God’s fatherly care is already found in the Old Testament (Deut…

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Don’t Miss the Good Part – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, July 20, 2025

Don’t Miss the Good Part God’s Word requires only our full attention—the one, essential thing that we may, unfortunately, be unconsciously avoiding! We might be able to impress people with our capacity to throw a great party—but…

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Podcast Show Notes

Scalabrinian Sister Catherine Petalcurin – Ministry with Migrants and Refugees

Scalabrinian Sister Catherine Petalcurin shares her wonderful and often moving testimony about how she and other Scalabrinian Sisters serve migrants and refugees around the world.

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Father Larry Rice – Paulist Fathers – Tennessee

Father Larry Rice shares the Paulist approach of forming missionary disciples by helping people build a relationship with Jesus, often using the latest communications tools for outreach.

Read More about Father Larry Rice – Paulist Fathers – Tennessee

Ted Furton – National Catholic Bioethics Center – USA

Dr. Ted Furton helps young people, priests and bishops navigate difficult health care issues and walk with God during their challenges.

Read More about Ted Furton – National Catholic Bioethics Center – USA

Father Carl Chudy – Interfaith Dialogue – Massachusetts

Fr. Chudy is a Xaverian missionary with a deep commitment to interfaith dialogue and understanding why people leave the Catholic church.

Read More about Father Carl Chudy – Interfaith Dialogue – Massachusetts

Sister Judy Waldt – Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart

Sister Judy shares her vocation call and reflects on the readings for the 13th Sunday in ordinary time.

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Connor Combs – Catholic University of America – Belize

Connor teamed up with other students to spend two weeks in prayer and ministry with the people of Punto Gordo, Belize.

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Marianne Rodriguez – Encounter School of Ministry- 30 Locations

Marianne shares a reflection on this week’s readings and how her organization helps parishes and dioceses across the country prepare adults to go out into the world as loving, confident missionary disciples who understand the beauty of the Church and its teachings.

Read More about Marianne Rodriguez – Encounter School of Ministry- 30 Locations

Fr. Tim Ring – Heralds of the Gospel

Fr. Tim shares how members of this new and growing community live its mission to respond generously to the call of the fullness of Christian life and the perfection of charity, aiding and fostering an intimate unity between practical life and faith.

Read More about Fr. Tim Ring – Heralds of the Gospel

Fr. Steve Demaio SDB and Adam Rudin – Salesians of Don Bosco – Worldwide

Lay missioners and Salesians work side by side in many of the 130 countries where Salesians offer the “sacrament of presence.” Fr. Steve and Adam share their journey with Christ and their perspective on the Sunday readings for the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Read More about Fr. Steve Demaio SDB and Adam Rudin – Salesians of Don Bosco – Worldwide

Sister Marcia Hall – Oblate Sisters of Providence – Baltimore

Sister Marcia shares the background and mission of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, who have served the Baltimore community for over 150 years. In addition, she shares her role in support of the oldest African American Catholic School in the nation. Her trust in the Lord will inspire you.

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