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
Family: Uniting Life and Love – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, December 28
Family: Uniting Life and Love Family life is where our deepest desires and God’s plan can converge. In his apostolic exhortation Familiaris Consortio (FC) [On the Family], Saint John Paul II wrote: “The family finds…
Stop, Look and Listen – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, December 21
Stop, Look and Listen I met a woman in one of our chapel communities, in a working-class población neighborhood on the fringes of the city of Santiago, Chile, who shared with me a beautiful and…
The Baptist’s Mission – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, December 14
The Baptist’s Mission As Christians we are called to be proclaimers, heralds, and evangelizers. An excellent model for us is none other than John the Baptist. During this Advent season, an exploration into the significance…
Advent is Mission – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, December 7
Advent is Mission This is the time for the hustle and bustle of getting ready for Christmas. Actually, the Christmas sales and decorations could be found on the shelves even before Thanksgiving! Perhaps like some…
Remember the Reason – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, November 30
Remember the Reason Are you asking yourself, “Where has the year gone by?” “It seems like only yesterday we were enjoying the warm and sunny days of July and August!” I join you with these…
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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
Special Episode – Fr. David Grenier, OFM – Commissary of the Holy Land in America
On Friday, October 20, Fr. David Grenier shared his knowledge of the current situation in the Holy Land and how we can help. His work at Franciscan monastery in Washington, DC provides a direct link to Franciscans in the Holy Land.
Brad Pierron – Damascus – Ohio
Brad Pierron shares about his involvement with Damascus, a nationwide Catholic missionary movement that started in Ohio as Catholic Youth Summer Camps dedicated to helping people encounter Jesus.
Rob & Pauline Huie – Short Term Mission Trips
Rob & Pauline Huie are Christians who have participated in over 10 short term mission trips, including some with their whole family. If you want to learn gratefulness, please listen to their story.
Sr. Catherine Kirwan-Avila – Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Haverford, PA
Sr. Catherine Kirwan-Avila shares her experience accompanying God’s people as they seek healing for their wounds.
Marie Therese Mclaughlin– Madonna House Apostolate — Roanoke, Virginia
Madonna House Apostolate is a Catholic community of men, women and priests, dedicated to loving and serving Jesus Christ in all aspects of everyday life.
Fr. Cuthbert Madden, OSB — Monastery of Christ the Word — Zimbabwe
At the age of 68, Fr. Cuthbert left the comfort of monastery life in York, England to support the priests and religious of Zimbabwe, a mission that has grown to include lay people as word has spread through Macheke and beyond.
Fr. Abdon Rwandekwe, SJ – Reconciliation and Healing – Rwanda-Burundi Region
Fr. Rwandekwe tells his amazing story of surviving the genocide and civil war in Rwanda. His mission is to bring reconciliation to the people of Rwanda and Burundi. If you struggle forgiving others, please listen to this episode.
Mark Mcgraw – Lay Mission Helpers – Ghana
Mark McGraw reflects on his experiences in Ghana and shares his insights on this week’s readings.
Eric & Colleen Fitts — Bethlehem Farm — West Virginia
Eric & Colleen Fitts reflect on the readings and life at Bethlehem Farm, a Catholic Community in Appalachia that transforms lives through service with the local community and the teaching of sustainable practices.
Sister Lawrence Mary — Little Sisters of the Poor — South Korea, The Philippines and Baltimore!
Sister Lawrence Mary reflects on her mission helping the elderly and poor, and shares her insights on the readings for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.
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Have you Seen the Star? – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 4
Feast of the Epiphany
Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72: 2, 78, 10-13 Ephesians 3: 2-3a, 5-6 Matthew 2:1-12
Have you Seen the Star? The feast of the Epiphany opens our imagination to understand the wisdom of this event as Scripture tells us. If you haven’t already, read below, my commentary for the Gospel,…