Of course you can pray directly to Jesus.
Just wanted to clarify that I realize you can do both, but not knowing Catholic theology that well, I wasn’t sure if it was
required to pray to a saint *before* praying to Jesus. I’m guessing depending on the situation, you can do either, yes? It’s all a matter of personal preference?
Another question—in India, households will have favorite family gods they pray to on a regular basis (my SIL’s family actually has their own 300 year old family temple in India)—do Catholic families tend to have family favorites in which saint/s they choose to pray to, or is it more of an individual thing in families?