Sacred Heart Parish Ntungamo Witnesses a Marriage Filled with Lessons for Families
Sacred Heart Parish Ntungamo Witnesses a Marriage Filled with Lessons for Families by Davis Owomugisha
Sacred Heart Parish, Ntungamo, was on Saturday 13th September 2025 a place of joy and prayer on the day Daniel and Maria Hilda joined in holy matrimony. Friends, relatives, and Christians gathered to celebrate their union, with the Mass led by Rev. Fr. Nomugisha Januario, Youth and Children’s Director of Kabale Diocese.
The ceremony was more than a wedding. It became a school of love and forgiveness, as Fr. Nomugisha used the occasion to remind the couple and the congregation about the foundations of a strong Christian family.
“This love has brought us here as witnesses,” he began, calling on the faithful to pray for families modeled on the Holy Family of Nazareth. He expressed gratitude to the parents—both living and departed—together with benefactors, teachers, and all who had contributed to raising the couple. “Responsible parenthood is key,” he emphasized, pointing out that such nurturing makes strong families possible.
To Daniel and Hilda, he offered a reflection on the meaning of the wedding rings: “That ring is circular. It has no beginning and no end. That is how your love should remain—endless and unbroken.”
He cautioned the couple that marriage is a union of two people from different homes, schools, and cultures. “You have not grown up together. Where you began, we were not there. You like different foods, you come from different families. What will keep you together is adaptability and flexibility,” he explained. “Flexibility, mwana, means changing for the good of your spouse. This is accommodation.” He warned against the rising number of marriages that break down after only months or years, urging Daniel and Hilda to remain committed through sacrifice and patience.
Another key message was forgiveness. Quoting a Runyankore proverb, Fr. Nomugisha reminded the couple that, “Ezirikunywa hamwe nizisigaana ebyondo”—those who live together will annoy each other, but they must also forgive.
To illustrate, he told a story of two friends. One once beat the other, and the victim wrote in the sand, “My friend beat me.” Later, when the angry one almost drowned, the same friend saved him and wrote on a rock, “My friend saved me.” The teaching, he explained, is that bad acts should be written on sand where they can easily be erased, but good deeds should be engraved on the rock of the heart, never to be forgotten.
“Daniel and Hilda,” he said tenderly, “let bad things in your marriage be forgiven, but let good memories remain permanent in your hearts. Forgiveness is the key to a happy home. It is your union—not separation—that will bring glory to God.”
Citing St. Paul, Fr. Nomugisha extended the message to the whole congregation. “As we speak to Daniel and Hilda, we speak to ourselves. Let us also build holy families full of love, forgiveness, and faith.”
He ended by urging the community to stand by the couple in their new journey, guiding them with wisdom and Christian values.
The wedding was not only a joyful union of two people but also a call to all families to strengthen their bonds through love, adaptability, and forgiveness.
