Is the rosary a prayer to God?

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I explained to my 7 year old son that the Rosary is a prayer to Jesus and that Mary, His mother, prays on behalf of us and that when we celebrate the mysteries in the Rosary, we are celebrating Jesus. My son proceeded to say that we should say 10 of the Lord’s Prayer per decade instead of 10 Hail Mary’s…

I told this story to a nun at our church and she firmly stated that the Rosary is a devotion to Mary.

What is the correct answer? I agree that it is a devotion to Mary but the main focus is on Jesus and that it a great prayer to God.
 
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I’m with you. Certainly, the rosary is a Marian devotion. But Mary always directs us to her Son. The rosary is about the story of salvation. As we reflect on the mysteries, Mary prays with us.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
 
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