[BenKenobi]

Yes, I’m well aware of the Our Father prayer, and we pray the our father whenever we wish.

“Where’s the command to pray to anyone else?”

I’m not sure why the syntax is so difficult. We pray only TO Christ. We are commanded to pray FOR one another as brothers and sisters in Christ, as are the Saints in Heaven. This means that Mary is called to pray FOR us just as we are called to pray FOR one another.

You are correct that God demands we pray TO him alone.

[HossB86]

Then why do you pray to Mary? That syntax is pretty simple as well!

You cannot have it both ways, no matter how badly you want to.

Hoss

[Vegasrugrat]

34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. (Romans 8:34)

Why would we need Mary as an intercessor, the passage above says it all.