I ask this because what you are being taught in the Catchism, doesn’t square with Scripture. I understand, I am ex-RCC. (Although I still get my envelopes every month, after not having set foot in an RCC church for over seven years.) Simply put, the value placed on Mary and the saints in the RCC is antithetical to Gospel Scripture. For Catholics to say, that they don’t pray to or worship Mary is simply a fallacy. In fact, the RCC parish in my town has as it’s centerpiece a huge statue of Mary in the front yard.
You aren’t asking me. You’re telling me how to pray according to you understanding.
That just doesn’t work.
For either of us.