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

Solemnity of All Saints

On this joyful festival of All Saints, we raise our minds and hearts to Heaven. Today’s first reading tells us what we can see there: “a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue.” They are standing “before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes…” They are in the presence of God, praising him in song. How did...

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

In today’s Gospel, Jesus goes to the very foundation of “the whole law and the prophets.” This expression refers to the Mosaic Law, and to entirety of the Israelites’ covenant relationship with God. As we recall, after the dramatic Passover of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt to freedom, they travelled in the desert for forty years before reaching the Promised...

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Word of God helps us to know the deepest meaning of our existence and so find our true identity. What is the purpose of our life? Today’s Responsorial Psalm gives us an answer: we are to “give the Lord glory and honor.” We are created to give glory to God and to participate in his glory for all eternity. We give the Lord glory and honor because, as the psalms...

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

After focusing for several Sundays on our call to work in the vineyard of the Lord, this week we reflect on a wonderful invitation: God is inviting us to a marvelous feast! This is “a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.” Not only does God promise to fill us abundantly with good things, the prophet tells us that God will...

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

In the Scriptures, the Kingdom of God is often described with images from everyday life. Today’s readings use the images of vines and vineyards to illustrate God’s relationship with us. The prophet Isaiah tells the story of a landowner who did everything necessary to produce good wine. He worked on the land, cultivated it, built a watchtower, hewed out a winepress,...

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.