According to Catholic scholars, why was Blessed Virgin Mary spared of temptations on her way to motherhood?
Little to nothing has been written on the actual personal temptations Mary endured in her life, this includes any apocryphal writings. To be honest, it does not pertain to our salvation, but to her own particular salvation.
It is true that according to Catholicism, Mary is believed to be immaculately conceived and did not commit any real person sin, but these graces did not preserve Mary from being tempted to sin.
Jesus himself was tempted in the ways men are; then logic tells us that his Mother would have been equally tempted as men are.
Although the Blessed Virgin Mary received the unique personal privilege of the immaculate conception. This privilege is not extended to her being so sheltered in her earthly pilgrimage that she was never tempted to sin, thus Mary’s own salvation came through Jesus Christ albeit in an exceptional manner because she never sinned.
The Blessed Virgin Mary was immaculately conceived without original or actual sin. She also did not suffer from concupiscence, which is defined by the Catechism of the Catholic Church as “the movement of the sensitive appetite contrary to the operation of the human reason” (CCC 2515). While Scripture does not record whether or not the Blessed Virgin experienced temptations, we do know from Scripture that her Son did experience temptations (Matt. 4:1–11). If it was possible for God the Son, who was also without sin and without concupiscence, to experience temptations, then we can conclude that it was at least within the realm of possibility for the Blessed Virgin to experience temptations. - Did Mary Have Temptations?