text: I agree with you 100%.  IMO Marian apparitions make for good myths/legends/stories, but we already have those in the Jesus story/tradition.  Is there a danger of the former supplanting the latter?  It is for this reason that I believe MA's should be reserved for one's personal devotion only, and in no way should be construed as a public or "official" article of faith... only made worse by the commercialization of said apparitions that we see today.