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

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our redemption is entirely God’s initiative, purely an expression of his ineffable and infinite love for us human beings. As St. John says, “It is not that we have loved God, but that he has loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins” (1 Jn 4:10). This love is the reason why Jesus came into this world. John announces further in his Gospel account: “God so...

Seasonal Introduction to Ordinary Time

Beginning today, the day after the Baptism of the Lord, until Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (January 11 – February 17), we enter into the first part of what is called Ordinary Time. In Advent we pondered the dark, chaotic condition of man before the birth of Jesus. During Christmas we celebrated his birth and the promise of the restoration of our fallen condition. In...

The Baptism of the Lord

The Baptism of Jesus, testified to in all four Gospels, is an important event signaling the start of his public life. In the account of Matthew, which is our Gospel for today, Jesus goes from Galilee to meet John the Baptist at the Jordan river. It is Jesus’ first public appearance as an adult. (Matthew’s first two chapters are dedicated to his account of the...

The Epiphany of the Lord

Today is the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, in which we celebrate “the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Savior of the world” (CCC 528). We celebrate the Child who was born for us on Christmas Day as the fullest possible revelation of God for us. The first reading speaks of the darkness that covers the earth and the thick clouds...

Solemnity of Mary the Holy Mother of God

On this first day of the new year, the Church focuses our attention on Mary, the Mother of God. Why is this? As our Sunday meditation told us, the spiritual life is a continual interplay of God’s action and our response. God is always acting to bring us into union with himself, but for his action to bear fruit and achieve its end, we must make a fitting response to...

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.