Page 4 - Sword-Bishop - His Personal Development

In the School of the SAVIOUR

In the School of the SAVIOUR

Born on 6 September 1937 in the Swiss Rhine Valley, he was baptised
in the Roman Catholic Church on the same day under the names of
Nikolaus Andreas. From childhood on, he had already been initiated
by his father, Paul Schneider, into the mysticism of Anne Catherine
Emmerich. His mother, Juliana Schneider-Kalmar, was the daughter of
a converted Polish Jew and a Hungarian mother, and grew up in
Vienna. Despite his impulsive character, Nikolaus was usually of a
somewhat retiring nature. From his earliest childhood he had a
carefree and deeply intimate relationship with GOD, especially with the
HEAVEN-FATHER, as he used to call Him. Even then he could read the
hearts of people. His father suspected that GOD had destined Nikolaus
for something special. But he brought him up with wisdom, so that the
boy thought that everyone had the same thing as he had, just that it
should be left unspoken.

The First Taking Away Before the Most Holy TRINITY

When he was nine years old, his father used to take him to a little
chapel of his hometown Oberriet that contained a miraculous crucifix.
In the past, people from near and far would go there on pilgrimage.
It was there that his special love for the cross began, which still today
so much distinguishes the Sword-Bishop. During his stay in this chapel
with his father, he felt an inner call from the SAVIOUR on the Cross
urging him to come here on his own soon, since the SAVIOUR had
great plans for him. In his own words, the Sword-Bishop tells us:
«I had the feeling that the SAVIOUR very much desired that I should
come as soon as possible. My child’s heart went out to Him in love
and jubilation. Yet there was also something that made me go quiet
as if I were already anticipating something of the suffering to come,
and so forth, and so on ...! In general, my heart sees only GOD and
is ever ready for HIM to do anything, but my nature was afraid of it!
How foolish of me at the time, for there is nothing deeper than being
allowed to suffer with, through and for the SAVIOUR!»

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