Could Mary really have chosen freely to say "yes" to God if she was the Immaculate Conception?

[sml]

Please help me to better understand how Mary could really have chosen freely to say yes to God if she was the Immaculate Conception?
Were Adam and Eve also in the same state of grace at the beginning?

 

[Leonie_Ambrose]

sml,

The following links should assist you in better understanding Mary’s role in salvation history. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.

**Recommended Reading:
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• Mary’s Immaculate Conception
• What would have happened if Mary had said no?
• [Original Sin and Evolution (http://forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=98)