"The Warning" and "Maria Divine Mercy"; False private Revelations; an increasing danger?

As readers of this blog can see, I am not against private revelations. In fact, theologically and purely on a Scriptural basis, we cannot dismiss mystical experiences from Christian Tradition and hagiography. To deny the miraculous, mystical and ecstatic aspects of personal faith and religious experience is simply dishonest. There are numerous examples from the Scriptures of such things which have been of central importance to the early spread of the Gospel (e.g. Saul's experience on the road to Damascus). There are, as we know "authenticated" apparitions of Our Lady (this just means, "worthy of belief" - as far as the Magisterium will go as regards public statements). Popes have signalled, time and again, their belief in certain revelations and apparitions (e.g. Pope Pius X11 and Fatima, Blessed Pope John Paul 11 and the Divine Mercy). In these times, when there is so much turmoil in the world and at a time in our Christian history when we are receiving, almost every day, reminders of certain apparitions, "messages" and locutions (e.g. those given to Don Stefano Gobbi)  there is a possibility that there will be more and more false "messages", so-called apparitions and the like. One of the worst of the current bunch is from someone called "Maria Divine Mercy". These things are well produced on the internet and books have been published. A few Catholic commentators have criticised them and warned us against them. Some devotees of this (MDM) person have tried to link Vassula Ryden with these "messages". Vassula has strongly repudiated this and wants nothing to do with MDM or anyone else offering dubious, lurid "prophecies" about future events. Those who read the TLIG messages (or for that matter the locutions given to Fr. Gobbi) know that we have been warned not to give credence to so-called revelations which claim to know, in some detail, when certain things are going to happen (even if this is given as, "within a few weeks" or "months"). Here is a good article by Dr. Mark Miravalle, a respected theologian from U.S., warning us against the writings of "Maria Divine Mercy" (on the internet known as "The Warning");