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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
Wisdom Demands Preparedness – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, November 8
Keeping Our Lamps Burning Brightly This Sunday’s Gospel describes for us how to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus’ “kingdom parable” of the ten virgins is drawn from the customary wedding practices in Palestine. The…
The Saints will be marching in. Be one of them! – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, November 1
Commentary Happy feast day, all you saints of today! Are you surprised that I write this? Perhaps you are thinking, “She can say that but, after all, she is a Sister and sisters and priests…
The Essence of Faith – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 25
All Commandments in a Nutshell In today’s Gospel we hear Jesus responding to the question of a scholar of the law: “Which commandment of the law is the greatest”? This is one of the occasions…
The Things of Caesar – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 18
Missionary Commentary Missionaries are often sent to live and work in nations that are still trying to stabilize their democracies, or among people who have been forced to survive under autocratic and dictatorial regimes. These…
Invited to God’s Banquet – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 11
Dining in the Kingdom of God In our Gospel today we hear Jesus using the word “kingdom” in the opening verses. The Gospels reveal that Jesus used this term “kingdom” nearly one hundred times; yet,…
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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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Fearless Faith – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, November 15
Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 Thessalonians 5:1-6 Matthew 25:14-30
Missionary Commentary Migrating people have a talent, and they use it! Living and working as a missionary priest at the U.S.-Mexico border gave me a steady exposure to the motivations that move people to flee…