"God is a farmer, and if He abandons man,
man becomes a desert. Man is also a farmer and if he leaves God, he turns himself into a desert as well."
-St. Augustine
For Reflection:
How have I seen the truth of these words? Am I contemplating "abandoning God" in any way? I will pray for the virtue of patience to remain steadfast lest my soul become a wasteland.
50. God, then, wishes to reveal and make known Mary, the masterpiece of His hands, in these latter times: 1. Because she hid herself in this world and put herself lower than the dust by her profound humility, having obtained from God and from His Apostles and Evangelists that she should not be made manifest. 
