You know, these words mean what they say. If you abandon your bias you can hear this truth. Jesus prayed for unity not 28,000 denominations. Whatever shortcomings the Catholic Church may have we have the Word of Jesus, who is the Word and cannot lie, that the "gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
And I should add that we should "Honor our Father and our Mother." Jesus is our brother, Mary is not a vessel that has been discarded, she is our mother. She is the Queen of the saints in Heaven and as such she can pray for us along with all the saints in Heaven.
You do believe that there are saints in Heaven don't you?
Whoah. Please reference any previous statement of mine which you are referring to, if you are. I have three different people that I am answering and this is just a bit off the topic of each separate conversation, and I really do not want to start a completely new one on the Peter and the Papal succession, AND the saints AND merit and purgatory (which is where all this will end up wandering off to), on top of Mary, Sola Scriptura and whatnot. There are only so many RCC heresies one man can tackle at once! :o)