Iscool, I agree with you. My quote “In the first excerpt, Mary is praying to her Son to deliver our souls” was a quote from SOMEONE ELSE.....then “I” responded: “She [Mary] has no power of her own.”
Hope that clears things up for you. You are absolutely correct that ‘Mary has no influence on Jesus to deliver souls, pizza, or a big screen tv...” (LOL @ the pizza, big screen tv remark)
I'm glad to see you are starting to accept Catholic teaching.