And that is no minor thing, for it is through our participation in that trajectory, and specifically through those choices in which the virtues are manifested by us, that we, mere creatures, do as God would have us do, and consecrate reality by way of a dignity that is at once beyond us and always available to us. The magnificence of which should not be lost on us, for what it means, effectively, is that his very creation, which in some ways is left unattended (the way a work of art, at a certain point, is left by the artist who produced it) can extend the work that he wills us (but does not compel us) to do.