#12 is the Word of God - if that constitutes bashing, your problem isn't with me.
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." "All we like sheep have gone astray." "There is none righteous - no not one."
Grace does not come from our own doing and is not inherent - it is a gift of God.
Stick to the Douay-Rheims for the most accurate English quotation of Scripture.
Matthew 6:7 "And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens(emphasis added). For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard."
Heathens are pagans. Catholics are not pagans.