Ok, here goes. Hope you understand, but it sounds a little farfetched. Ok, you know that God is the Universal creator and yadda yadda yadda, he is above all else. Well, we do indeed pray to God, but he is the highest of the high. And who else is with him? Why, Mother Mary and saints. These saints are much closer to God than we can be. This is why we pray to them.
I know, it does sound a little weird, but I have a little story.
St. Nickolas: Patron Saint of lost items.
My biology teacher came to my school 16 years ago. On his first day, he lost his wallet in the school. As he searched the school, he met up with a priest, who advised that it might help to pray to St. Nickolas to help him remember. After doing so, he got the inspiration to look back into an area he had already checked, and that is where he found his wallet.
Little weird, but I have some similar experiences.