(2) Mary CHOSE to die to return to Her son in His Kingdom. So her death was NOT the result of being human or the effects of the sin of Adam, but a personal choice to fall asleep in God and go to her Son enthroned.
Sorry Vicomte13, I think I misinterpreted your question on a previous response. My personal vote goes with #2...I think it accords best with piety and the mind of the Church.
She was also following the example of her Son, since even He had to die.
115 posted on 09/21/2004 12:11:31 PM PDT by Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)