However, with all that said, we are NOT to pray to Mary or worship her in any way, shape or form! Our praise and worship belongs to the Godhead ONLY! NO WHERE in all of the Bible are we told to pray to or worship Mary. For several reasons. First of all, she's dead, we can't pray to the dead, they can't hear us. Secondly, she was just the instrument that God used to bring Jesus to the world to save us. She is not worthy of our praise or honor, it is only due to Jesus who gave His life to save us. Praying to Mary and all this foolishness of hail Mary's and that stuff is blasphemy!