Christ's mediation with the Father

It's not a line between two points, but rather like the circle representing the middle term in a venn diagram.  By being in Christ we are in the Father.  Such an understanding of mediation makes much better sense of the fact that Christ taught us to pray, "Our Father": he didn't tell us to say, "Lord Jesus, please tell your Father for us..."  In fact, the linebetweentwopoints conception puts the Father in a hostile position.  The use of the first understanding of mediation by Protestant critics of the Catholic practice of honoring the saints belies a lack of intimacy with the Father.