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Hardships


                                    Hardships

          His Loyalty to the Sword-Bishop Made Him a Laughing-Stock

          Because of his unshakeable loyalty to the Sword-Bishop, my father
          had to go through a period of much suffering. He was a very active
          Catholic and always the first one on the spot when it came to doing
          something for the village church, and he also was a member of the
          regional church council. After announcing his loyalty to the Sword-
          Bishop, he was brought into disrepute by the parish priest in the ser-
          mon and also otherwise, to such an extent that even the faithful took
          offence at it. In the street the village children blocked his way and made
          fun of him with all kinds of wicked words.
          On the way to hospital my father died suddenly and unexpectedly of a
          heart attack, and the emergency doctor who took him there on his pass-
          ing away, later declared: „This man did not need any consolation. He
          comforted me!“ – The night after his funeral, which caused a consider-
          able stir, my wife suddenly woke me up because she heard the tiles on
          the roof clatter. I looked outside and saw a bright whirlwind of light on
          the roof and deep peace came over me and in our hearts we knew that
          my father had given us a sign of life. The next morning we believed that
          it had been our imagination. However, an inspection of the roof show-
          ed that some roof tiles had come loose as could only have been done
          by human hand.
                                        J. K., also E. K. testifies to this (Archive No. 34)

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               Acts 5,41: „The apostles departed from the presence of the
               Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to
               suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus.“













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