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Partial excerpts are, at best, misleading. When done to distort, they are dishonest.

2675 Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the Churches developed their prayer to the holy Mother of God, centering it on the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries. In countless hymns and antiphons expressing this prayer, two movements usually alternate with one another: the first "magnifies" the Lord for the "great things" he did for his lowly servant and through her for all human beings the second entrusts the supplications and praises of the children of God to the Mother of Jesus, because she now knows the humanity which, in her, the Son of God espoused.

But you knew that, right?

“Partial excerpts are, at best, misleading. “

I’ll copy and paste my post again, and you can tell me what is so “partial” about it:

2675 Beginning with Mary’s unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the Churches developed their PRAYER TO the holy Mother of God, centering it on the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries. In countless hymns and antiphons expressing this prayer, two movements usually alternate with one another: the first “magnifies” the Lord for the “great things” he did for his lowly servant and through her for all human beings the second entrusts the supplications and praises of the children of God to the Mother of Jesus, because she now knows the humanity which, in her, the Son of God espoused.

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2679 Mary is the perfect Orans (pray-er), a figure of the Church. When we PRAY TO HER, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends his Son to save all men. Like the beloved disciple we welcome Jesus’ mother into our homes,39 for she has become the mother of all the living. We can pray with and to her. The prayer of the Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary and united with it in hope.40

Just because you say it is “centered” on Christ, or claim that it is part of God’s plan, doesn’t change the fact that the RCC teaches prayer to Mary. The “centering” on Christ is only on the assumption that Christ has given Mary the job of the Holy Spirit, and therefore it is said to “center” on His wishes.

The scripture, of course, does not suffer anyone to be prayed at at all, save God directly.