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

Fourth Sunday of Easter

A poor defenseless sheep left on its own does not have a chance of survival. Eventually its predators will find it and destroy it. Each one of us is a defenseless sheep when we are apart from God and all he offers us through his Son Jesus Christ. The message that runs through all of today’s readings is both a warning and an encouragement. We are warned that evil...

Third Sunday of Easter

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is our faith and our hope. If Christ has not been raised, our faith is pointless (cf. 1 Cor 15:17). But Christ is risen; therefore our faith is meaningful, and we are a people of hope. There cannot be anything that gives more meaning and purpose to our lives than the Resurrection. Today’s three readings stress its centrality and...

Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday

A blessed Feast of Divine Mercy to all! When St. John Paul II established for the universal Church the celebration of the 2nd Sunday of Easter as “Divine Mercy Sunday,” he fulfilled the request that Jesus Christ made in his appearances to St. Faustina Kowalska. The Lord told her that on the Feast of Mercy, “all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are...

Easter Sunday

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad! This is our Psalm response for today, and it will be the Gospel Acclamation every day this week. This whole Octave of Easter is to be seen as one day, the glorious Day on which Jesus Christ rose from death to new life. In our Psalm today we also read, “By the LORD has this been done; / it is wonderful in...

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Today we begin the most solemn week in the Church year: Holy Week. We have been journeying for almost forty days through the Season of Lent, and the hope is that we have entered into the grace of this Season. The Lenten journey takes us to a shocking halt at the foot of the Cross and then to the stony impasse of the Tomb, where it appears all hope is lost… until...

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.