The large majority of Catholics (represented by me!) feel that some so-called visions may have been produced by dreams, wishful thinking, unrecognized hopes and fears, sleep-deprivation, abnormal psychology, or even by the mischief-making influence of spiritual entities who like to deceive the faithful. And that some visions are probably authentic, but still difficult to authenticate.
And that we can rejoice in Mary as the Lord's mother and ours, without necessarily owing anything to private revelation. While still honoring some vision-visitations that we really kinda like.
Virgen de Guadalupe, ruega por nosotros!
Thoughts on Our Lady
O Blessed Mother,
Impossible for me to imagine, really,
all those years with him who was love incarnate,
growing up straight and tall ,
a graceful sapling
turnng into a man.
I can imagine him
playing games through the streets of Nazareth,
sitting at Joseph's feet among the wood shavings,
watching you sewing.
Yet, to be with him all that time -
Did not the villagers notice
something special
about the youth
growing in their midst?
And you -
impossible to imagine
a lifetime spent
tending and caring,
loving and fixing for
God on earth -
Amazing that the glory invisible in your home
did not shatter your walls -
Indelible the brightness
it left upon your soul!