[metmom]

And most prayers to Mary do NOT fall into the category of asking her to pray for us. Most of them are asking her to do things for the petitioner herself.

Any google search for prayers to Mary will turn up this....”About 55,200,000 results (0.49 seconds) “

A google search of *Catholic prayers to God* turns up this.....”About 18,700,000 results (0.58 seconds) “

Even more disturbing is a google search of *Catholic prayers to Jesus* turns up this.....”About 14,500,000 results (0.61 seconds) “

Even more abysmal is *Catholic prayers to the Holy Spirit* at ..........”About 624,000 results (0.57 seconds) “

Even Jesus and God and the Holy Spirit. put together don’t get as much time or attention as Mary.

[Fedora]

And most prayers to Mary do NOT fall into the category of asking her to pray for us. Most of them are asking her to do things for the petitioner herself.

No, the "most" prayed Marian prayer is the Hail Mary, which specifically asks her to pray "for" us. And asking her to "do things" *is* asking her to pray for things for us. She can't do anything for us without praying for us in Catholic theology.