Wafula Rogers :
@nothungmuch:They are called relics. Buli saint bwebamufuula saint (beatification), omubiri gwe gujibwako a part that it kept as a kijjukizo in one or different places. on their feast day, that body part is removed from its storage and brought to mass. okukuleeta wano okumpi, o martyrs day, some body parts of some bajulizi are brought for mass in a procession by the bishop. Most times they are held in display cabinets. It's a tradition which dates far back as before christ.
Relics exist in 3 different classes.
1st, 2nd & 3rd class.
1st class consists of body parts e.g flesh, bones, hair, blood etc
2nd class consists items that the saint had or used eg clothes, a bible, a pen, a rosary etc it can also be a weapon that was used to kill this person. best example would be the cross on which jesus was hang, the spear that was used to pierce him, the cloth that was found at his tomb when he resurrected, etc.
3rd class consists of items that the 1st & 2nd class relics touched eg a prayer card or cloth or gloves that were used to touch the saint's bone.
Usually, when a saint dies (before they are made saints) wabawo ebyamagero kumubiri gwe ebitali bya bulijjo. Era abantu bwebamusabira atere afulibwe saint, wabawo ebyamagero byebafuna atributed to the payers said through them. some of these bodies dont decompose, mukifo kyokuvunda ate jitandika okuwunya akawoowo. ejimu nejisigala fresh nga tejivunda even without creamation. bodies ezimu zifuna ebbugumu on their feast days, ejimu jikaaba amaziga gomusaayi, like st Rita and st Theresa-I stand to be corrected. waliwo ebyamagero ebyetolodde Fr Msgnr Ngobya e kitovu though he is not yet a saint.....etc
2026-08-19 18:08:18