SHORT VIDEOS OF THE FOUNDER
2008/12/11
St. Josemaría: ”How could I not bless human love?”
“I bless human love with both of my hands as a priest,” said St. Josemaría. He also recommended that spouses argue as little as possible and always make up at the end, asking one another for forgiveness (02’32’’). 2008/12/18
”What do you want to leave in our hearts?”
“When you leave,” St. Josemaría was once asked,” what do you want to leave in our hearts.” He quickly replied: “That you be brothers and sisters to all creatures: sowers of peace and joy” (01’10’’). 2008/12/05
St. Josemaría: When Children Rebel
Children can often cause their parents to worry. St. Josemaría relates two stories from his own family to show that sometimes what’s needed is understanding and trust on the part of parents (02’38’’). 2008/11/26
St. Josemaría: “Broken, but still of use”
Even a broken soup bowl was a topic for St. Josemaría’s prayer. He said he was like a soup bowl, broken by sin and repaired—thanks to confession—to continue serving sound nourishment to others (01’58”). 2008/11/19
St. Josemaría: “Jesus and his disciples”
How does Jesus approach us? Our Lord approaches us as he did his disciples: with affection, with naturalness, with patience in the face of our mistakes (0’59”). 2008/11/14
St. Josemaría: “Lord, I love you”
In order to love someone, we have to get to know them, converse with them, laugh and suffer with them. And this is what we need to do with Jesus Christ. St. Josemaría told him: “I believe in you, I hope in you, I love you, I long to be your friend…” (02’01”) 2008/11/07
St. Josemaría: "Heaven is Love"
St. Josemaria said that “the happiness of heaven is for those who know how to be happy on earth.” But what will that happiness be made up of? What will heaven be like? “Heaven is… love,” the saint tells us in this video (0’50”). 2008/10/31
St. Josemaría: "Returning to the Father's House"
As we see in the parable of the prodigal son, Christian life means returning every day to the Father's house (02’22’’). 2008/10/24
St. Josemaría: "Let your heart go"
When speaking with God, St. Josemaría advised, “don’t choose your words. Just as when you speak with your wife and your children, or with people you love… Let your heart go” (2’42”). 2008/10/17
St. Josemaría: Devotion to St. Joseph
The Founder of Opus Dei saw in St. Joseph the strong and affectionate father that Christ wanted on earth. He asked St. Joseph to teach him how to stay close to Mary and to Jesus: “How he would have embraced the Child, and kissed him!” (2’15”). 2008/10/09
St. Josemaría: "Cooperators of Opus Dei"
Cooperators help Opus Dei in various ways—by praying, and giving of their money, their work, and their time. St. Josemaría encourages them to also get others to stand up for Christ (1’23’’). 2008/10/02
St. Josemaría: “That’s How I Speak with Him”
On the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Josemaría was asked how to love our Lord more. With all simplicity he spoke about his own way of doing so. 2008/09/23
St. Josemaría: "A Teacher's Main Virtue"
In 1972 St. Josemaría met with a group of high school teachers. "What is the most important virtue for a teacher?", he is asked (00’52’’). 2008/09/22
St. Josemaría: the Holy Spirit in our Daily Life
The Holy Spirit dwells inside us. He accompanies us in our daily life, helping us to grow and improve. 2008/09/16
St. Josemaría: Caring for the Sick
Those who care for the sick have an opportunity to live charity and to exercise patience. 2008/08/26
St Josemaría: Prayer, our direct line with God
To pray means to talk with God as one talks with a friend or a brother. And our Lord is always waiting for us to converse with him (01’46’’). 2008/08/01
St. Josemaría: At the Hour of Death
Death is hard, St. Josemaría admits, but it is the step that opens the doors of life. And so we Christians can face death with hope (Weekly Video, 00’52’’). 2008/07/23
St. Josemaría: “Cultured” by dealing with God
In Seville (Spain), St. Josemaría conversed with a man from the country: “Work makes us brothers,” the saint told him. The farmer’s culture, not learned from books, enabled him to get very close to God. 2008/07/17
St. Josemaría: The best way to serve
Christ encouraged us to help others in such a way that only God knows. St. Josemaría repeats that message here (0’37”). 2008/07/15
St. Josemaría: All Day in God’s Presence
With a lot of work to do, we can easily forget to greet our Lord and our Lady with words of affection. St. Josemaría suggested using “alarm clocks,” small objects or pictures that remind us of God’s presence (01’38”). 
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