A Note About Marian Prayers

Okay, seriously: Catholics pray to God. They say we pray to Mary, and we do. But half the time we say, "We ask this through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen." One of our prayers, the Hail Holy Queen (Salve Regina), "O clement, o loving, o sweet Virgin Mary, pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be worthy of the promises of Christ." Every prayer to Mary is asking that we may be closer to her son.