[Natural Law]

"Of course it is a result of a choice he freely made. And that's the point. Left to our own devices we will always make the wrong choice. And one slip up is enough to be cast from the presence of God (as Adam found out)."

Harley, we agree on this, I think. Our efforts to accept Grace and endeavor to not slip up is our cooperation with that Grace. And yes, Mary is full of Grace.

[HarleyD]

You missed the point. We can and always choose the wrong course in our lives. We can and never choose the right way. While Protestants accept that Christ is our atonement and the perfector of our faith, Catholics feel there is a need to work one’s way. Thus the purpose of purgatory. Of course Mary would have been excluded.

Would you say that Judas could be in purgatory?