In going to Jesus through Mary, we are really paying
honour to our Lord, for we are showing that, because of our sins, we are
unworthy to approach his infinite holiness directly on our own. We are showing
that we need Mary, his holy Mother, to be our advocate and mediatrix with him
who is our Mediator. We are going to Jesus as Mediator and Brother, and at the
same time humbling ourselves before him who is our God and our Judge. In short,
we are practising humility, something which always gladdens the heart of God.
--St. Louis de Montfort, The Secret of Mary, 36.
