Weekly Peace Prayer
for June 16, 2026
prepared by
Sister Carmel Little, CSJP
Weekly, members of our Congregation, associates, staff, friends, and family throughout the United States and the United Kingdom pray for peace. Some gather in groups, while others pray in solitude using the prayer on this page, composed by Carmel Little, CSJP.
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Constitution:
From the beginning of the congregation
Joseph was chosen as our patron
because he is a model of peace.
His courage to live a life of faith
inspires us to trust in God’s abiding love,
especially in times of struggle
and uncertainty. #36
Reading: Matthew 2:13-15
An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,
“Take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt and stay there until I tell you.
Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.”
Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt
Without Borders, Without Flags
Where do you come from, where are you going?
I come from all places, I have no name.
I know pain and hunger.
I seek land, home, food,
Life!
Where do you come from, where are you going?
I come from the underground,
Forgotten and dark, fetid and filthy.
I seek dignity and peace, the light of day,
Citizenship!
Where do you come from, where are you going?
I come from the drainage ditch and from abandonment,
I know nostalgia and I lose hope,
I seek gestures of friendship,
Solidarity!
Where do you come from, where are you going?
I come from far and wide:
Black, yellow, white, indigenous.
I am your “other” different,
I am a person!
Where do you come from, where are you going?
I come from discrimination,
From prejudice.
I know walls, laws, fears, loneliness;
I want a world without borders
Or flags!
Where do you come from, where are you going?
I come from the resistance, from the struggle,
From a situation of senselessness,
Valiant and intrepid in the voyage.
Of life I make rhyme and satire
On the way to the Great Homeland!
Fr. Alfredo Jose Goncalves (Brazil)
From Prayers without Borders by CRS
Quiet Reflection
Discovery by Margaret Jane Kling, CSJP
I journeyed within
Searching for a symbol of justice
That would speak to me of peace.
And I found to my surprise,
A refugee, a campesino,
A person poor, simple and quiet silent:
One who dreamed dreams- and believed
Who responded to the call – and hoped
Who was led into darkness- and loved.
I found Joseph, called just
And the summons, live peace.
Quiet Reflection
Prayer for Peace
Lord Jesus Christ,
Make us instruments of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let us sow love.
Where there is injury, let us offer pardon.
Where there is discord, let us build peace.
Oh divine Lord, you taught us that those who work for peace
are called children of God.
Help us to persist in establishing justice and truth
as firm and lasting foundations of peace.
Lord, you offer us peace as a gift
and peace as a responsibility that we must realize with your help.
Give us the grace to reach out for peace,
to have attitudes of peace,
that our words may be words of peace,
and our works be works of peace.
Then may we build the peace that we and our nation need.
Monsenor Pedro Rubiano Saenz
Cardinal of Columbia and Archbishop of Bogotá
Prayers without Borders, Catholic Relief Services
