And what's more...

At the Mass, we are standing once more at the foot of the cross, as the Son offers the Perfect Sacrifice to the Father.  We are with St John - and Our Lady.  Not only that, but Christ, in the midst of his suffering, says: 'Behold your Mother.'  Surely it cannot be that inappropriate to acknowledge her, and ask her to join her prayers with ours, in union with her Son, to the Father...

Or one can look at it another way: we are at the throne of Grace, where the Father reigns, and wehre the Son is eternally offering the Sacrifice for the living and the dead.  And the Queen Mother is also there, enthroned as Queen of Heaven.  Surely it cannot be that inappropriate to acknowledge her, and ask her to join her prayers with ours, in union with her Son, to the Father...

I am, of course, no liturgist, so these are personal and private musings; the Church has the right and the responsibility to regulate liturgy: but I pray that it may be done with a broader perspective than some liturgical experts would bring to the discussion...