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
Jesus’ Invitation to Fellowship – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 25
Called to Discipleship Remarkably, there are few events in Jesus’ life that are recorded in all four Gospels; however, Jesus’ call of his disciples is one of those special events found in every Gospel (Matthew…
Call Waiting – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 18
Call Waiting One winter in the city of Juarez, Mexico, so many people camped out in the parks near one of the bridges leading into El Paso, Texas that volunteers from the U.S. began to…
Deep Faith Promotes Mission – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 11
Deep Faith Promotes Mission Today’s feast, the Baptism of Jesus, is accorded much importance in the Gospels. Questions about the necessity of baptism for Jesus may arise, but the fundamental interpretation of this event is…
Have you Seen the Star? – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, January 4
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,…
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…
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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
Ronnie Gonzaga – Couples for Christ – USA And Beyond
Ronnie shares a beautiful reflection on the readings for Corpus Christi as well as stories about his life working in campus ministry as a missionary for Couples for Christ. Find out more about this with this international lay ecclesial movement.
Sr. Michael Marie Rottinghaus – Missionary Benedictine – China, Kenya & USA
Our missionary witness for Trinity Sunday, June 4, 2023 has lived on three continents AND followed the Benedictine Rule. Find out how that works… and why she gave an address to Pope Francis during his visit to Kenya.
Fr. Tage Danielson – OFM Cap.- Papua New Guinea
We launched our podcast on Pentecost Sunday and went halfway around the world to Papua New Guinea where the Capuchins serve in several communities and offer priestly formation to local men.
Meet Our Host
In this podcast preview, Dr. Ben OuYang shares how he connected with U.S. Catholic Mission Association and got involved with the Go Forth… project.
Intro Podcast
Communications specialist Lisa Helene Bacalski breaks down the three elements of Go Forth with host Dr. Ben Ou Yang. Tune in to hear more about the missionary commentaries on the Sunday readings, the podcast interviews and the opportunity for community through the Mission Cafe.
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The Story of Dorothy – Missionary Commentary for Sunday, February 1
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Zephaniah 2:3;3:12-13 Psalm 146:6-10 I Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 5:1-12a
The Story of Dorothy On February 12, 2005 I was the regional president for the Conference for Religious in Brazil(CRB). I was attending an encounter sponsored by the CRB when I received a phone call…