And where in the above statement does it say that we have to pray to her to influence Jesus?
On the other hand, in the Bible, we have words from Jesus Himself, who taught us how to pray:
“Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven” (Matt. 6:9).
And this from the Apostle Paul:
“For through him [Jesus] we both [Jew and Gentile believers] have access in one Spirit to the Father” (Eph. 2:18).
We see two important truths, then, in prayer to the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit.
First, Christian praying is Trinitarian praying. There is no mention of any other person in prayer.
Second, Christian praying exhibits the very structure of the gospel. Jesus stands at the center as the mediator, the Father as the addressee, and the Spirit as the enabler.
There is no mention of Mary in prayers at all. In fact, after the gospels, Mary was only mentioned once by name and never again.
That's a very good point. Then there is the fact that there is zero mention of a priesthood for Christians. A priesthood with an alter, a sacrifice and even alterboys.