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
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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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…