The Anawim Way

The Anawim Community publishes a periodical booklet of liturgical meditations, Pondering The Word The Anawim Way, to help people make use of the scripture readings from the Mass as the basis for their daily prayer. Many people also use them in their Bible sharing groups.

Features:
◊ Follows the Church’s daily liturgical calendar
◊ Daily scripture readings from the Mass
◊ In-depth meditations on the readings; plus reflection questions
◊ Information on the Saint of the day
◊ Used by bishops, priests, religious, and lay people in many countries (click here to see endorsements)
◊ Eight issues per year
◊ Printed in the Philippines

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

In this week’s Theme, we read, “Jesus calls us to persevere in faith and prayer without losing heart.” The word persevere is key. Taking up our cross and following Jesus is a long and often difficult journey. We face many disappointments, setbacks, and trials. We face opposition – often from the world, at times also from our friends and loved ones, and most tiresome...

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The first reading and the Gospel both deal with persons afflicted with leprosy who are then miraculously healed. In biblical times leprosy was an incurable illness and mistakenly thought to be highly contagious. In Jewish society, those affected with the disease were usually forced to live apart from their family and tribe. The pain of social isolation made their...

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Increase our faith.” What could have prompted the Apostles to ask for an increase of faith? Isn’t being with Jesus enough for them? Isn’t it enough to see all his miracles and hear all his marvelous teachings and parables? This Gospel follows the story of the rich man and Lazarus, which we pondered last Sunday, and an intervening discourse on scandal and...

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

We begin the 26th Week in Ordinary Time with a specific challenge from our Theme for the Week: “Our action or inaction will determine our eternal destiny.” As baptized disciples, we are called to follow the Way, who is a Person, Jesus the Lord. To follow him is to follow his way of love. Through today’s readings, we see that the Lord has a special place in his heart...

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The beautiful opening lines from the Catechism of the Catholic Church give us a summary of the fundamental meaning of human life: “God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life” (CCC 1). God has created us precisely so that we may be with him and his saints forever in the...

What makes the Anawim Way a valuable guide for pondering the daily scripture readings is that each day’s readings are followed by a meditation which relates directly to the readings and applies them to our daily lives.

The meditations and the reflection questions help us do what our Blessed Mother Mary does, ponder the mysteries of Christ in our hearts (cf. Luke 2:19, 51). As we are guided to pray from within the heart of the Church, the Church’s official prayer becomes our personal prayer.

We invite you to make Pondering the Word the Anawim Way a part of your prayer life.

We also offer a PDF version of the Anawim Way. Please email us at oxford@anawim.com if you wish to inquire about this.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions, or for more information about the Anawim Way.