“In the Catholic tradition, every once in a rare while a human being will lead a life of such incredible virtue that they are deemed to be closer to God than the rest of us, so close they can even bring about miracles.”
I don’t think this is an especially favorable way to state things.
I don’t think that we can say who, upon their arrival at the Beatific Vision, will be closer to God than whom.
All canonization means is that we are assured that the person is obtained of the Beatific Vision.
Furthermore, saints do not bring about miracles. Rather, they intercede on our behalf with God, Who performs miracles.
“Saints play an important role in Catholicism, providing a human model of perfect virtue.”
Saints, in this life, had failings, faults and errors. I’m not sure that it’s quite right to say that they are models of perfect virtue (with the exception of Mary).
You address some of the misgivings I had in posting it — see my first post:
**This information seems to be accurate despite the named source. Looks like comments on a movie, The Third Miracle. Anyone know anything about it?**
Guess I might have said semi-accurate. But I definitely had misgivings. Therefore, my disclaimer. LOL!