Go Forth…
Go Forth... provides tools to connect with God's mission for you and your ministry. We offer commentary 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 with a commentary from a missionary perspective - arriving in your email box on Wednesdays to help you prepare reflections, lessons, or homilies
Our goal is to provide resources that help you amplify the Gospel message and strengthen the missionary church.
Sunday Readings from a Missionary Perspective
Kindness: Always in Season – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, September 13
Generously Responding to Kindness Today’s Gospel from Matthew narrates the story of a man who was in debt; he sought and received forgiveness for a large amount, but was unwilling to forgive a fellow servant…
Living True Love – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, September 6
Mission Commentary How appropriate are these readings in our reality! Mercy, understanding, listening, welcoming, forgiving, loving beyond any measure are all needed in our world today. I came across a quote from one of Dr….
Searching God’s Will – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 30
Active Discernment Is Essential In today’s short second reading (Romans 12:1-2), one phrase deserves deep reflection as it relates to living a fruitful Christian life. Saint Paul speaks about the necessity to “discern what is…
Exploring Our Identity – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 23
Jesus Asks Probing Questions Today’s Gospel contains two key questions Jesus asked his disciples; there is also an interesting sequence to the questions.First, Jesus, while in the region of Caesarea Philippi, asks: “Who do people…
Cultural Cataracts – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 16
Cultural Cataracts Every culture has its blind spots, and cross-cultural mission helps us to see them. My way of making a sandwich, inherited from my U.S., white, middle-class cultural upbringing, seemed shockingly wasteful and excessive…
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Every Tuesday, we send new commentaries on the upcoming Sunday readings from a missionary perspective AND a link to our latest podcast episode featuring a missionary giving witness and reflecting on the readings.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Late Arrivals – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, September 20
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 55:6-9 Psalm 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a Matthew 20:1-16a
Mission Commentary In our chapel communities in Chile, sometimes the leaders or founding families of the community maintain a prestigious role for too long, and do not give it up willingly, nor easily. They are…