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
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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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…