Go Forth…
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
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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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…