With all due respect you've been taught a false narrative by the Roman Catholic Church to justify their worship of Mary.
A brief sample of the many, many prayers TO Mary contradicts what you've been taught by the RCC.
If you pray the "Hail Mary" you are praying to Mary....Hail Mary, full of Grace...
The "Prayer TO our Lady"
Remember, O most loving Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, we turn to you, O Virgins of virgins, our Mother. To you we come, before you we stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, do not despise our petitions, but in your mercy hear us and answer us. Amen.
There's a website called "Prayers TO Mary".
http://www.marypages.com/PrayerstoMary.htm
A brief sample of some of the prayers there.
Morning Consecration to Mary
My Queen, My Mother, I offer myself entirely to thee.
Prayer to Our Lady of Czestochowa
O Mother of God, Immaculate Mary, to thee do I dedicate my body and soul, all my prayers and deeds, my joys and sufferings, all that I am an all that I have.
Prayer to Our Lady at Fatima.
O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of the most holy Rosary, you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima and reveal a glorious message. We implore you, inspire in our hearts a fervent love for the recitation of the Rosary.
This is not praying WITH Mary...this is praying TO Mary.
There are many more prayers TO Mary on this website.
All of these are in contradiction of the NT where we are to pray only to God, we are to devote ourselves only to God and not His creation, we are to rely upon only God for our salvation and His help....not Mary.
Repeat errors all you want.
To be clear, authentic Catholics only recognize the Triune God as Creator and Savior. The Advocate (Holy Spirit) is also God, but works through the living, including Mary. There is a huge difference between “worship” and “honor”.
In summary, you’re like the guy in the joke: sitting on the roof in the flood waiting for God’s help, refusing the rescues by the helicopters (which were sent by God).
Hint: Mary and the saints exist to help YOU.
Perhaps you don’t feel you need to ask for help. Are you sure you’re worthy of God’s saving grace?; so you are perfect and never slip up?
“The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families…that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.”
Sister Lucia dos Santos, Fatima seer
“When you say your Rosary, the angels rejoice, the Blessed Trinity delights in it, my Son finds joy in it too, and I myself am happier than you can possibly guess. After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, there is nothing in the Church that I love as much as the Rosary.”
Our Lady to Blessed Alan de la Roche
ROTFLMAO! You funny!
I was raised in the RC Church. We spent most of our prayers and worship to Mary the Co-Redemptrix, in special cases kneeling in front of her statue and dressing/crowning it. My church was even named after her. People tell me that wasn’t worship but veneration, but that’s just haggling over words. I’m not knocking anyone who chooses to do that, but let’s be honest here. On the other hand I’ve met Catholics who were horrified when they heard of the practices in my parish.