good deeds are the natural result of faith, they are not a requirement to enter heaven.
What good deeds was the thief on the cross able to do? NONE.
Yet, Jesus said, “Today you shall be with Me in heaven.”
I left the RCC. Catholics have a bad habit of adding things to the Word of God
Where, exactly was Christ and the thief if two or three days later He tells Mary “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”?
Yet, Jesus said, “Today you shall be with Me in heaven.”
One could say he atoned at the end, AFTER his bad works.
Amen!