St. Anthony of Padua, Confessor, (1231)
St. Felicula, Martyr, (90)
St. Aquilina, Martyr, (280)

Dear Saint Anthony, you were prompt to fulfill all justice. You gave God and His creation the service He required from you. You respected other people’s rights and treated them with kindness and understanding.

Saint Anthony, Zealous for Justice, teach us the beauty of this virtue. Make us prompt to fulfill all justice toward God and toward all creation. Help us also in our pressing need for justice toward all humanity. Not the justice we seek, but rather God’s holy justice, crowned in kind mercy and understanding. Amen.