Mary in the Temple (VIII)

God's most tender gaze is upon her She lives almost without making a sound, without being spoken of by the world and without Israel even thinking about her, albeit being the flower of Israel and the most eminent creature on this earth. Yet although earth doesn't think about her, heaven watches her and venerates her as the one whom God caused to be born so as to one day clothe her with a new nature. And this same God, who chose to be born of her, loves her and sees her in this quality. His eyes are not directed then upon the mighty and the kings that earth adores, but God's first and most tender gaze on earth is towards this humble virgin unknown by the world.