Holy Adoption

I am fond of this idea of how we are brought into the holy family by adoption.

25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

(Is it curious that the witnesses are female?)

26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

Holy Adoption is the accomplishment of his mission.

28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

[John 19]

With the love that Mary has for Christ, who is ascended to the Father, she loves the sinners, who remain behind. His mission is accomplished, but we have continual need of her nurturing and protection.

I am tempted to use peculiar expressions, like "nurturing protection" or "protective nurturing", since this is really what is meant. The love, and the effect of the love, which Mary has for us, is protective of us on account of its nurturing character, and it is nurturing to us on account of its protective character, because there is actually a natural symbiotic relationship between nurturing and protecting.

In nature, we see that what we call "order" is preserved in some particular area for a period of time, before larger forces necessitate a less placid, more sudden reorientation of energies. Something, which may not even be a force in itself, -- call it Providence, -- allows order to be maintained for a while. All things in the universe, provided they are protected, grow; to "have room" is the same as "to have room to grow". As long as anything is protected from the volatile elements in its surroundings, it will continue to grow. This is why protection is nurturing.

In the Hindu tradition, this would be Vishnu, The Preserver. The other two Gods of the Vedic Trinity are Brahma (Creation, Emanation) and Shiva (Destruction, Transformation). And there is a fourth, technically, which is Brahman, the transcendent, infinite, eternal, and ever-present ground of reality. This would be comparable, in my estimation, to God the Father (Creator of Souls), God the Mother (Providence, The Protective-Nurturer), God the Son (Conflict or Culmination leading to Higher Synthesis), and God the Spirit (The Holy Spirit, The Immanent and Transcendent Presence).