Cal Thomas is a terrible theologian. I can pray to whoever I want and not break the first commandment. Just because some American Protestants think pray means exclusively worship of God doesn’t make it so. Pray also means “to ask” in much of the English world. The bible says that even death cannot separate us from the body of Christ. Therefore, I can pray to (i.e. ask) Mary to pray to Jesus concerning whatever I want to have prayed for.
When we pray, who do you think hears those prayers other than God?
Further why should I pray to a person, when I can talk to God directly?
Amen to that!
But why would you, when you can pray to Jesus directly yourself? “There is only one mediator and advocate, Jesus Christ”. I’m asking because I truly want to know the idea behind this prayer to anyone other than Christ, not because I’m arguing.
“I can pray to whoever I want”
Okay, doesn’t mean they can hear you. Only God is even capable of hearing the prayers of every man, woman and child on this planet. To suggest that Mary or some saint is really entertaining the prayers of millions of Catholics is to give them God’s attributes.