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You are talking about reading a psalm as part of a daily devotion, yes? That is not repeating something as a mantra.
You have moved the issue we were talking about: repeating something ten or twenty times in a row, to something said once (such as a psalm) as part of a daily devotion.
Yes Psalms do help change the heart by the Holy Spirit.
Half of the Hail Mary is biblical : "Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus"
It is up to the individual devotee to ask themselves why are they saying something over and over. Do they hope to be heard for their "many words", or are they trusting in Christ, His finished Work, and Person as the only Mediator.
As I have said I wish to leave this thread as it does not seem to be about its stated topic, but about very specific form of devotion.
To your question I would only say no Mediator is needed between mankind and Christ, for Christ is not some being that is neither God nor a man, but has shared our humanity while yet being the Son of God: True God and True man.
"Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared their humanity so that by death He might destroy him who holds the power of death - that is the devil - and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. For surely it is not angels He helps, but Abraham's descendants. For this reason He had to to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that He might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because He himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted."
Hebrews 2:14-18
They are not mediating, both can come to the Lord in prayer. Christian prayer is really praying with another believer, although people do ask 'for' prayers. Evangelists don't mediate either, they present the Gospel which is precisely telling people to turn from darkness to light, biding people to come to Jesus Christ, to trust Him, His Person and Work. Yes there is an intercessors work (a standing in a gap when a fellow christian is weak, or fallen into sin) but really the one doing this is seeking to join in intercession with Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Intercession is not Mediation. In a battle if a soldier is wounded by enemy fire, his buddies I understand rally to his side, put down a layer of suppressing fire, till he can get out of danger! Christians are to do this for each other in prayer.
I mean the Jesus Prayer, ("Lord Jesus Christ have mercy upon me a sinner") can be said thousands of times a day. I don't think that it loses it's mean or becomes vain as the prayer itself is a humble petition.
Honestly I see mediation and intercession as nearly the same. A mediator is just someone going between two parties to try to work something out. But yes you are correct- intercession would be a better term to use, and normally is the one used when talking about the Theotokos.
Either way I respect your desire to leave the conversation. Peace be with you.
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