The Apostle Paul, through the Holy Spirit, gave more specific instruction in living the Christian life than any other writer in the Bible, yet made no mention of the alleged importance of devotions or reparations to Mary. The Apostle John, who wrote the last book of the Bible and was given the care of Mary by Jesus himself, says nothing about venerating her. The apparitions are clearly not the mother of Jesus, although they make every attempt to be perceived that way. Many appear as a young woman bearing an infant. Jesus was in His thirties when He returned triumphantly to His Father.
Apparitions are the primary source of many major Catholic liturgies, rituals, and dogmas.
May our obedience to God's Word be our passion. Don Stefano Gobbi, To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons, 1998. Of late, the hue and cry has been against any and all negative teaching.