[bdeaner]

If they don’t repent of any sin, and turn away from it, I would think they would not make it to heaven.

Ok, but if a person repents of their sin after having broken a commandment, is there still any consequences, in this life or the next, of having broken the commandment? You suggested in another post that tribulation would be the consequence. Tribulations is defined as "great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering." This suffering, in the context you are using it, implies that suffering serves a cleansing function -- it serves in the process of sanctification of the saved. For Catholics, that's exactly what "purgatory" means -- a cleansing of the soul through suffering that results from the temporal effects of sin. However, whereas you see this kind of "tribulation" as restricted to this life only, Catholics believe that such "tribulation" can also happen in the afterlife as a preparation of (some of) the saved for heaven.

[Marysecretary]

There are ALWAYS consequences for any sin. And it’s in THIS life. If you guys want to go to purgatory, God bless ya. I’m glad we protestants don’t have to face that...LOL.