They do NOT rise up first to 'Mary and the Saints'; then to be passed on to GOD.
There are some things from the Catholic faith that I think aren’t so bad. I like the idea of some of the repition and structures of praying the rosary. But it seems that that is mostly (all?) to Mary.
There was one thing I just read about being a mother, and praying some prayer of grief(?) through Mary’s experience.
Started off with Mary understanding what it meant to be a refugee with a small child.
Mary frantic about her lost child (Jesus was at the temple).
Watching her son being crucified. A spear thrust into His side.
That one was interesting, and helpful as we pray for our children as they struggle.
Of course, we can also just formulate those same prayers knowing that Jesus knows how we feel. He as a young child in a strange land. Tempted by Satan for 40 days. Grieving over his friend Lazuras. And of course unjustly condemned and crucified.
Still - I think there is something to be learned from some of the Catholic traditions.