Let the image and the text sink in, and take root. These images might surprise you into prayer at various points in your day.

The originality of Saint Vincent’s version of Christianity

This was Christ’s mission, the reason for His coming to earth. This was why the missions preached by Saint Vincent de Paul and his priests (more than 800 of them from the house in Paris during the lifetime of Vincent) had for their goal “to make God known to the poor, announce to them Jesus Christ, tell them that the Kingdom of God is near and that Kingdom is for them.” [Conferences to the CM’s, Conference 195, p. 602]

Source: The religious experience of Saint Vincent de Paul by José María Román, C.M. • Third Asian Vincentian Institute (Mother House, Paris, September-December 2006).

This is another image in our series of “Praying Our Heritage.”

For the more visually oriented among us, you don’t have to wait for the weekly image on Tuesday. You can browse for yourself. You can even search for images related to key words. Visit and search VinFormation’s database of prayer images.

We hope you enjoy these time-release prayer capsules!

We would also welcome you sharing with all of us images that inspired you to prayer.