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Signs in Nature

Signs in Nature

The Lizard Understood the Sword-Bishop

On the day of the return from Cameroon, after appointing Father
Joseph Kede as a priest in Cameroon, the Sword-Bishop, M.P.S. and I,
acting as interpreter, were sitting in the garden of the hotel talking with
two young Cameroonian men who wanted to become priests. The
Sword-Bishop talked about the love in the Main Commandment which
says that one ought to love GOD with your whole life. The students an-
swered: „But GOD does not need our love, does He?“ Then the Sword-
Bishop pointed to a lizard: „Suppose this lizard bowed for you, this
would surely gladden your hearts, would it not?“ At that moment the
lizard stopped, turned around in the direction of the Sword-Bishop and
bowed to him. – The two Cameroonians were very surprised at this
and impressed.
M. P. Ä., also M. P. S. testifies to this (Archive No. 12)

The Weather Cleared Up
By this time the calendar showed the end of May. The first grass mow-
ing should have already been harvested long ago so that the animals
will have high quality and healthy fodder. But it rained and rained, and
the weather report announced further rainy weather. Then I asked for
the Sword-Bishop’s weather blessing. – Suddenly, amid this sad spell of
rain, all against the weather forecast, a high pressure area developed
and we (as well as all the other farmers in the country) could harvest our
grass all week. Later on the weather became worse again.

J. K., also E. K. testifies to this (Archive No. 13)

Avalanche of Stones Stopped

When the Sword-Bishop was still a layman (father of a family), it did not
escape his notice that Heaven often took the cue from him. Inwardly I
had always been wondering and thinking about it. One afternoon we
went to the mountains with the children, and we came to a mountain-
ous region. My eyes fell on a wall of rock rising steeply and ending in

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