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

Intellectual identification. Vincent was convinced that the poor exist because society is badly organized and the wealth badly distributed. The rich are rich at the expense of the poor; the poor work and exhaust themselves to feed them. He applied all these ideas to himself first so as not to accuse others.

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!

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