I’ve read the entire Bible.
It’s all about the HEART. It’s NOT about praying TO Mary or other dead sinners. What is in your heart comes out through your actions. Elevating Mary to the level of Christ is WRONG on so many levels. Traditions and rituals won’t get you there either. Saying 52,000 Hail Mary’s and 700 Out Fathers won’t matter either.
Try reading this passage and applying it:
Matt.6:7
[7] But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
“Elevating Mary to the level of Christ is WRONG on so many levels.”
You are correct, except we don’t elevate her to the level of Christ. The Rosary is never said at the mass, it’s entirely private devotion. People can choose to ask her to pray for them, entirely of their own accord.