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
Reg Platt – Project Joseph – Dallas, Texas
In this week’s podcast episode, Reg Platt explains his healing missionary work with Project Joseph and how these retreats help men grieve and heal from the abortion of their child.
Fr. Mike Salah – Retrouvaille
Fr Mike Salah shares his work with Retrouvaille, a marriage program that helps couples restore their marriage and rebuild a loving relationship
Bonus Replay: Maggie Reardon at Homeboy Industries an Los Angeles
Host Ben OuYang provides an update on Maggie’s adventures since completing her year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps at Homeboy Industries.
John Young – Franciscan Works – Liberia Mission
The new executive director at Franciscan Works, a Chicago-based nonprofit that supports Liberia Mission using the model of St. Francis of Assisi and three pillars: God, Education, and Work.
Bonus Replay: Fr. Tage Danielson, OFM Cap. in Papua New Guinea
Podcast host Ben OuYang invites you to include Go Forth in your Lenten journey of prayers fasting and almsgiving and updates you on Fr. Tage Danielson, OFM Cap., our very first missionary interview.
Fr. Raphael Garcia, SJ – El Paso, Texas
Fr. Raphael Garcia, SJ, shares his work on the border in El Paso, TX. An immigrant himself, Fr. Raphael works to provide the community in El Paso with the spiritual and practical resources they need.
Tiffany Farley – Gabriel Network – DC and Maryland
Tiffany Farley of the Gabriel Network reflects on this week’s readings and shares how her organization supports pregnant women so they and their families can thrive in Christ’s love.
Adam Janke – Saint Paul Street Evangelization
Adam shares how Saint Paul Street Evangelization grew from a small group handing out miraculous medals and rosaries outside the Saturday Market in Portland into a ministry that empowers street evangelization teams across the United States and beyond.
Laura Grisham – Sacred Heart Southern Mission – Mississippi
Laura Grisham shares how the Sacred Heart Southern Mission provides hope to the rural poor in Mississippi.
Joseph Schuler – Guadalupe Radio Network
On this week’s podcast, we connect with Joseph Schuler, Jr., of WMET in Washington DC to hear about his mission of bringing Christ to others through the radio and online!
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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…