Go Forth…
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
Life is Cruciform – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 29
Living into the Paschal Mystery Each year the Lenten-Easter season provides us a special time of grace to reflect upon a profound truth that stands at the center of our Christian experience: the paschal mystery. This term…
Emerging from Our Tombs – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 22
Emerging from Our Tombs Today, on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we hear the astounding story of the resurrection of Lazarus. There is a marvelous amount of detail in this Gospel account from John the…
Crystal Clear – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 15
Crystal Clear After living in Chile for two years as a seminarian, the Columban Fathers brought me home to finish my preparations for the priesthood, and I was ordained in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall…
Christ’s Thirst for Us – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 8
Christ’s Profound Thirst Today’s Gospel, a deeply touching human-interest story, describes the lively encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. Their conversation revolves around water, about various senses of “living water,” and how…
Climb Every Mountain – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, March 1
Climb Every Mountain The Transfiguration of the Lord has become a very important force in my life since August 6th of 1975 and then again in 1978. These are the days when I made my…
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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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The Empty Tomb – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, April 5
Easter Sunday
Acts of the Apostles 10:34a, 37-43 Psalm: 118: 1-2,16-17, 22-23 Colossians 3:1-4 John 20:1-9
The Empty Tomb “They have taken the Lord…and we don’t know where they put him.” As I reflected on the readings and especially on the Gospel, these words burned in my heart. A second reading…