Catholicism teaches no such thing...redemption is a GIFT from God and is available to all who accept it.
We are, however, fully free to reject the gift and it is by our actions that we either accept or reject His gift.
Seven Sacraments were outward signs, established by Christ, to assist us in our efforts to recognize God's gifts and accept them without reservation.
You see people, everyday, gifted with intelligence, ability, opportunity, misuse these gifts and basically tell God to buzz off.....They have every right (free will) to do so, but with a little effort, they would use these gifts to come closer to God, assist others to do the same, and justify their existence on Earth.
catholics are often too blinded by the works based religion they adhere to so that they cannot even comprehend or admit (if they ever awaken to the truth) that they are working to be worthy yet claiming they are avoiding giving up the Grace by following a dogmatic justification trail that does not exist in Real Christ ianity. It is common to souls not born from above to be unable to see that what they are trapped in is a works based system, and it is not Christianity. The hook is deeply embedded in their prided of self, even imagining they can be good enough to be worthy. Your assertions are not surprising. If a catholic is ever born from above, these pride spikes will suddenly be obvious to him/her. Satan doesn’t want to allow the trapped to have that revelation, so he continues to stroke their pride. The great lie that you can continuously sacrifice Jesus by your priests’ mass begavior is such an insult to Grace, for Jesus allowed Himself to be sacrificed ONCE, for all, for all time. He is not under catholic priest powers to be continuously sacrificed and applied or not by the ‘priestly class’. It is indeed sad to see catholics so completely clueless regarding the heart and Grace of Christianity.