The desert remains unfruitful. The important thing is that our hearts and our thoughts be moved by the good powers given by faith and by faith's expectation of the future. What we need is the Spirit that blows. This is the main point of the daily teaching and of the daily life of the Church. Here is the amazing tension.
Truth is at work only in movement.
Truth is alive only in love. We call the moving that comes from God, love. Unless our hearts are moved, they are cold. When our hearts are cold we think and talk about our own personal weaknesses and those of others, because our hearts are not moved by the greatest love of all. Then we are inclined to dwell upon whatever we find irritating in others.