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
Living into the Paschal Mystery – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, September 14
Living into the Paschal Mystery Today’s feast of the “Exaltation of the Holy Cross” is special, replacing the regular Sunday liturgy. It calls us to reflect upon a profound truth at the center of our…
What More Must I Give Up? – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, September 7
What more must I give up? I found this Sunday’s readings to be rich in challenging me in so many ways. I felt like I was on a retreat and hearing the voice of the…
Walk Humbly with Your God – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, August 31
Walk Humbly with Your God Today’s first reading and Gospel focus our reflection on humility. They also remind us of that popular biblical passage from the prophet Micah (6:8): “This is what Yahweh asks of…
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…
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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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
Sister Ma Li Ya with the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin Matará in Italy
To celebrate Pentecost, our host Ben OuYang reached out to a very special guest, his daughter. Sister Ma Li Ya is a contemplative member of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará.
Katherine Jones for Dr. Tony Gonzalez- Ipiranga Committee Association – Amazon River Basin – Brazil
We overcome tech and language challenges to bring you the incredible story of Dr. Tony Gonzales, who provides medical treatment via boat for people living in 120 villages along the River Purus, part of the Amazon River Basin in Brazil.
Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of The Rosary of Fatima – Puerto Rico & Maryland
This week we connect with two Dominican sisters from Puerto Rico who left their beautiful island monastery to serve the Hispanic community in Maryland.
Tj Wynn – Kairos Prison Ministry – Virginia
Learn more about why Jesus told us to visit the imprisoned from TJ Wynn, who shares about his work with Kairos Prison Ministry.
Fr. Anthony Corcoran, SJ – Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
Meet the apostolic administrator for the local church in Kyrgyzstan!
Dan Palmieri and Anthony McCollugh – JMJ Missions – New Jersey
Meet Dan Palmieri and Anthony McClough from the JMJ Missions team in New Jersey. Together with Rocco Taraborrelli, they are life-long best friends who experienced conversions to their Catholic faith during their early college years. Their passion led to a ministry that includes parish missions, religious education talks, social media, and their own YouTube channel.
Katherine Jones and Dr. William Dibb – St. Francis Leprosy Guild
Leprosy still exists in many places. Katherine Jones and Dr. William Gibb share how the St. Francis Leprosy Guild cares for patients around the world.
Kevin Wells – Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children
Kevin shares the work of the Sisters of Mary who strive to help children in five countries on three continents break free from poverty.
Fr. David Uribe, OMI – Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
This week, Fr. David Uribe, OMI, shares the work of the Missionary Oblates of Immaculate Mary who specialize in the most difficult missions. Our host Ben reflects on his family’s special connection to the Oblates.
Sister Mary Mia Menke, RSM Religious Sisters of Mercy
Sister Mary Mia shares about her ministry at St. Clare School in Colorado and life as a Religious Sister of Mercy from the Alma, Michigan community.
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A Critical Opportunity – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, September 21
Readings for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113:1-2, 4-8 Timothy 2:1-8 Luke 16:1-13 or 16: 10-13
A Critical Opportunity During the government of President Salvador Allende (1970-1973) in Chile, the government tried to ensure a more just distribution of the food and land of the nation. This produced complaints from the…