Because one by one, the lights are extinguished one by one, no one notices the darkness. People get lost without realizing they have gone astray. Nations embrace new evils without any understanding. The whole world moves along a path of destruction with no voice crying out.
The Woman weeps to see her children go astray, having few shepherds to call them back. However, She prepares and waits for the right moment, not wasting her forces until the time of battle. Then, she will act quickly, decisively, with full power and wisdom, saving the Church and exalting it as the Light to the Nations.