Welcome home, friends. In this Ingathering Sunday sermon, Rev. T. J. FitzGerald invites us to return again—to the home of our souls, to the strength of community, and to the joy that no power can take away. In a time when bigotry, misogyny, and even fascism are returning again into our laws, courts, and daily lives, we are called not to despair but to act. Together, we face the unimaginable with courage, imagination, and love. This message reminds us that isolation is the tool of oppressors, and community is the path to liberation. Our joy is not fragile; it is our greatest act of resistance and the gift we offer the world again and again.
