Por que se consagrar à Virgem Maria? (Consagração Total a Nossa Senhora.16)

Why consecrate oneself to Mary? Wouldn't it be better to go directly to Jesus? Now, anyone who realizes our sad condition as sinners knows well that, however much we desire it, surrendering ourselves to God with complete trust is a task that far exceeds our strength. That is why He wanted to give us Mary, so that she, receiving us as a small offering, might present us to Christ, purified and beautified by the virginal hands of an Immaculate Mother.