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
Authentic and Humble Prayer – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 26
Authentic and Humble Prayer In today’s Gospel we hear Jesus’ parable about the Pharisee and the Publican tax collector; both went up to the temple to pray. Pharisees belonged to a Jewish sect that rigidly…
God is Present – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 19
God is Present There’s a sort of divine irony in Pope Francis selecting the theme of “hope” for this Jubilee Year, when, for many, hope itself seems further away than ever. As Pope Leo XIV…
Authentic Compassionate Service – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 12
Authentic Compassionate Service An obvious parallel exists between today’s first reading and the Gospel: the curing of victims of leprosy. Naaman the Syrian is mentioned by name in today’s first reading which gives the story…
Generator or triple A Battery? – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, October 5
Generator or Triple A Battery? Faith, hope and love: the three greatest virtues. We can see glimpses of these three virtues in this Sunday’s readings, but clearly the virtue of faith is most predominant. The…
Compassion: The Heart of Mission – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, September 28
Compassion: The Heart of Mission Our faith reflection on scripture is often rooted in our personal experiences; this fact proves true again and again. Permit me to begin with a poignant story from my mission…
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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
Steven Nabieu Rogers – Africa Faith and Justice Network – US And Africa
Meet the leader of the Africa Faith and Justice Network and learn how the organization connects people and congregations in the US and Africa as a bridge for those working towards peace, justice and the integrity of creation.
Unexpected Guardians – The Bacalski and Ouyang Families
In a special episode for the Feast of the Holy Family, host Ben OuYang and his wife Jia Shieu discuss welcoming an orphaned teenager with our communications specialist Lisa Helene and her husband Roberto who are foster parents to unaccompanied minors from Central America.
Joan Rosenhauer – Jesuit Refugee Service USA – 58 Countries
In this week’s episode of the Go Forth… podcast, Joan Rosenhauer shares how the Jesuit Refugee Service creates hope for the future through education, mental health initiative and pyscho-social emotional support to people in refugee camps and urban settlements in 58 countries as well as spiritual support for immigrants awaiting deportation in U.S. detention centers.
Lonnie Ellis with in Solidarity
Lonnie Ellis shares his amazing story of conversion after facing a difficult life challenge. Today, his ministry provides expert communications services to under-resourced Catholic dioceses and organizations by helping the media to partner in promoting Catholic Social Teaching.
Dr. Sue Carlson – St. Joseph Parish – Medor, Haiti
The parish twinning program between Our Lady of Queen of Peace in Arlington, Virginia and St. Joseph in Medor is built on relationships and solidarity developed over 20 years.
Bishop James Schuerman – Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Bishop Jim shares the importance of generosity, hope and dignity as we live and share the Gospel. He gives great advice on how we can be effective missionaries either overseas or in the US.
Sr. Elvine Msimuko – Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood – Zambia
Sr. Elvine shares how her order serves forgotten handicapped and homeless youth in Zambia. Her joy and laughter are contagious and uplifting!
Fr. Henry Sands – Black and Indian Mission Office
Fr. Sands reflects on the readings in the context of his work helping local African American and Native American communities spread the Good News and address pressing needs in their urban parishes and on reservations. He belongs to three tribes: Ojibway, Odawa, and Potawatomi.
Sister Nancy Schramm – Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Sister Nancy reflects on the weekly readings and shares about her years on mission in Brazil and now Illinois.
Sister Ginger – Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters
Sister Ginger shares with us her experiences as a missionary sister in an order founded to serve Catholics in the Southwest.
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The Journey In Love Continues – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, November 2
Readings for All Souls' Day
Wisdom 3: 1-9 Psalm: 23: 3-6 Romans 5: 5-11 John 6: 37-40
The Journey In Love Continues I would like to begin this reflection with some specific information about All Souls’ Day according to our Catholic faith, so let us begin with the following:“Every year on November…