God loves order! The sun and moon set and rise; water evaporates off of oceans and lakes, which turns into clouds, which then rains on the earth. Spring yields to summer, then to fall, then to winter, and back to spring. "To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
God established an order beginning with creation which sustains through eternity - "as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever shall be!" That order extends to His decision on how He chose to incarnate His son. He could have done it anyway He wanted. Instead, He chose Mary. Therefore, "... in suffering with Him as He died on the cross, she cooperated in the work of the Savior, in an altogether singular way, by obedience, faith, hope, and burning love, to restore supernatural life to souls. As a result she is our Mother in the order of grace." Lumen gentium # 61-62 (emphasis mine)
