“Faith played a big role in Monsignor Oscar Romero’s life,” Octavio Duran, OFM, says of his friend, who will be canonized on Sunday. “Romero was a gift—a gift to us Salvadorians. But he’s also a gift to the world.”

Brother Octavio has more to say about Oscar Romero in this week’s Friday Friday video.

“My history with Oscar Romero is a blessed one,” Octavio Duran, OFM, says. This friar got to know the archbishop personally and became his trusted friend and photographer. What does he remember about the archbishop? He was timid—not comfortable in social situations. But when Romero was in the pulpit, he was a prophet.