Good question.
The thing is she isn’t dead. She is one of the saints in heaven. “For God is not a God of the dead, but of the living!”
46While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. 47Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
48He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 49Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. 50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 12:46-50
If God is the God of the living and not the dead(He is), then why not ask for help from Paul? or one of the other saints? Actually the Word says we are all saints(in Christ). Should I ask for help from Martin Luther? Or Dietrich Bonhoeffer?
Where does it end?
There really is only one mediator and that is Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.
I’m not anti-Mary, but she really can’t help us by us praying to her. Definitely an inspiration,though.
Only God can answer prayer.