The statistics indicate that the teaching is not working.
And, of course, from where I sit . . . I’m not impressed with the vast bulk of what the Magicsterical teaches.
What you cited seems more than a LOT naive, to me.
ASSUMING such a thing for mortals . . . is . . . actually . . . beyond naive . . . preposterous.
I think PART of the idea is that saintliness necessarily implies a union of the mortal’s will with God's will. That's why we make such a big deal of Mary's fiat and of the third petition of the Lord's prayer: Of course God's will will be done. But it is important for us consciously to give our assent to it.
When you think of it, prayer of petition is mysterious. Yet I am fond of saying and I conclude not only from the story of the unjust judge but from my life that God likes to be nagged.
When Catholics nag him we bring friends.
As for the wheat and tares problem, well, yeah, I wish the tares would shut up. They wish I'd shut up. AND those nasty weeds have the nerve to think that I, moiself, am a weed! Da NOIVE!
But when you have an edifice, ahem, WITH a politbureau, it makes little sense to ask the laborers what official policy is; or to ask the third-graders what the school teaches.
Some think acceleration is speed over time. Later on a few of them will learn that it is the second derivative of distance over time.
Here, perhaps, a few who think of Mary as a lesser god may, partly by her prayers, be taught otherwise.
As for naive, guilty, I guess.