Which isn’t to say that a plea made to Christ, or to God the Father, or to any conception of God (so long as that conception is earnestly and sincerely formed), won’t be heard, for it will be, but only that God has determined that his saints in general, and the Mother of his Incarnate Son in particular, play a role in drawing us to Him, so that we might discern His will for us; and that this role, to a large extent, involves the receiving or channeling of our prayers.