First Lady of Uganda Janet Kataaha Museveni (Courtesy Photo)
The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs Janet K. Museveni has encouraged couples to make God the center and highest priority of their marriages.
In her message read by Mrs. Joselyn Rugunda as 25 couples at All Saints’ Cathedral, Kampala said “I do” on Friday, Mrs Museveni urged newlyweds to see their marriage as a solemn vow of commitment— not only to each other, but also to God.
She detailed that it would be difficult to bring up stable and God-fearing children if the parents have not resolved to have God as the priority of life.
Mrs. Museveni congratulated the couples and asked them to love one another on the journey they have embarked on.
Moving on, Mrs Museveni noted that many young Christians have been misled to believe that in order to get married, they need to have a lot of money to spend on the wedding reception.
“This has prevented many from getting married and sometimes even got them into undesirable relationships. The real work of marriage begins as soon as the vows are made,” she said.
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, His Grace Stanley Ntagali who presided over the mass wedding advised the couples to hate evil, rumor and other ‘non-Christians’ virtues if they want to sustain their marriages.
“In the West, they marry for convenience as long as life is there, but for us it is permanent relationship. Let me tell you, you have entered into a permanent relationship [with] suitable helpers given by God to each other to continue loving God and serving Him,” Archbishop Ntagali said.
In addition, Ntagali urged the couples to be content with their spouses and always go to Church since marriage is God’s idea.
“Many Couples are struggling in their marriages because after the wedding, they forget the God who blessed them with each other. A family that prays together stays together,” he said.
To the congregation, Archbishop Ntagali urged they think about tying the knot in a mass wedding to cut costs instead of cohabiting for years because of wanting to pull off an extravagant wedding.
According to All Saints’ Cathedral, out of the 25 couples, three came from Karamoja where the archbishop started his ministry 37 years ago.
The diocesan mass wedding happened at a time Ntagali is set to retire as Archbishop of the Church of Uganda.
