St. Josemaria used to tell, regarding the visits to the hospital: "among those who came with me, was one of your brothers who was the first one to die, before the Spanish war. He was an engineer, and belonged to a well-known family in Madrid. Once he had to clean a urinal that had been used as spittoon. I saw he was struggling terribly, but he went to a small room in the hospital where there was a sink. I followed him thinking he could faint, and found him with his face radiant with joy. Instead of using the brushes, he would use his hand to clean it. I let him do it. Later I used this event as a point in <The Way>. He recounted to me what he said: "Jesus, keep me smiling" (The Way, 626).
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