Don't you think God believes in everlasting life? Did the prophet Isaiah? When God specifically gives instruction through him that said: "should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light in them.", should we just ignore that warning? I won't.
It sure sounds to me like Almighty God does NOT want us to try to contact, consult, or pray to (by the context) those who have died. Instead, he says we should inquire of, consult and pray to HIM and NOT those who have died - it doesn't matter how holy they were (Samuel, for example). I'm positive Mary is in heaven with the Lord, though she is awaiting her glorified body like all the others who are there with her.
An RCC cannot afford to allow such truth into their mind. But you certainly wrote it well and truly straight.
I am sure she is doing exactly that.
Here is a question, however. Some people, not me, think Mary was sinless. Since sin causes physical death, if that is true, why did she die? A conundrum, yes?
Hey, when I get to Heaven, I will say hello to Mary for you. On second thought, maybe I won't, since my opinion is, that the dead, saved or lost, have consciousness, but do not know what is happening on earth. (Ecclesiastes 9:5)
I was a necromancer at one time. I suspect you were too, BB, but no more. 😂