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

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Like the Israelites in the first reading, God has freed us from slavery to sin. He has borne us up on “eagles wings” and brought us to himself. We have been blessed to see, over the past few weeks, how God has done this, as we celebrated God pouring out his Spirit upon us in the Feast of Pentecost, his invitation to share in his own communion of love on Trinity...

The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary – pure, beautiful, sinless, immaculate – is still a human heart. Thus, Mary did not have a full understanding of how God’s plan was to unfold. In today’s Gospel the Holy Family goes to Jerusalem for the Passover, as they have done for many years. It was an annual religious practice, and it had gone without incident ever since...

Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Today’s feast of the Sacred Heart invites us to reflect more deeply on the mystery of love. In human relationships, love typically grows over time, through a mutual giving and receiving of ourselves. It begins with an encounter; a dialogue develops; we learn about one another; we spend time together; we give of our time and listen to one another, and we open...

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

Last Sunday, we celebrated a feast in honor of the greatest mystery of all, the mystery of God himself, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is a mystery we cannot see and can barely grasp. This Sunday’s feast celebrates the greatest mystery that we can actually see and touch with our physical senses: the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ. We often...

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

We are celebrating today the Most Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This Solemnity comes after our fifty-day celebration of the glorious Resurrection of God the Son, and right after we welcomed the coming of God the Holy Spirit last Sunday at Pentecost. The Preface of today’s Mass tells us what we are celebrating: “For with your...

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.