[georgia peach]

I enjoyed what you wrote very much and I agree with most of it.If Mary, who has come to me in a vision and dreams, isn't pointing to Christ then it isn't Mary.And the angels point to Christ.Our church has a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the side and a huge wooden cross behind the altar.You have to raise your eyes to see it properly,in adoration.
I think God can use all the things of this world and the next to show us His Love, including nature.That has been my experience.And why would we limit what He can do because it isn't specifically mentioned in the NT?To me that is limiting a God who I believe will use anything to show His Love.And being open to that kind of God gives me great joy.

[ealgeone]

Our church has a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the side and a huge wooden cross behind the altar.

This is what the "spirit" said to the young man involved in this account.

I greatly desire that a church be built in my honor,

in which I will show my love, compassion, and protection. I am your Mother full of mercy and love for you and all those

who love Me, trust in Me, and have recourse to Me

. I will hear their complaints and I will comfort their affliction and their sufferings. So that I might show all My love, go now to the bishop in Mexico City and tell him that I am sending you to make known to him the

great desire I have to see a church dedicated to me built here." Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/saintsholy/saints/O/ourladyofguadalupe.asp#ixzz3VuhToJg1

If Mary always points to Christ as catholics claim then you can be rest assured, this did not come from Mary.

Would Mary request, even greatly desire, a church to built in her honor??

Again, what we see here is another aspect of the worship of Mary and almost deification of Mary.