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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
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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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…