As stated, you knowledge is very shallow. James wrote his letter while Jerusalem Christians and Damascus Christians were under persecution from Saul of Tarsus. He wrote to fellow Christians on how to make their ‘dead faith’ active. As a Catholic, you have been manipulated to not learn any things beyond what the ORG approves for your consumption. Paganizations like the notion your priests can hocus pocus bread into the flesh of Jesus are hallmarks of a very well designed cult, not Christianity, or elevating the Mother of Jesus to demigoddess status as a ‘co-redemtrix’.
I spent over fifty years as a Protestant...Methodist then American Baptist. You have only truly paid attention to learn about the true faith from those who are anti-Catholic. Studying Catholic catechist and the basis from the doctrines and theology as well as the doctors of the Church swayed me to realize just how shallow and lacking Protestant beliefs are. You are blind to simple concepts such as the one we are talking about here about good works and faith. One cannot have true faith, true bond to Christ and not do good works...it didn’t matter who James wrote his letter to, it is a universal concept. Jesus Christ himself was the one who stated that this is His body and he was not being metaphoric, indeed he later clarified. You are probably not aware that there have been numerous Eucharistic miracles where the wafers and wine have turned to the true flesh of Jesus (heart muscle under duress) or blood (type AB) over the centuries. Kind of like the Shroud of Turin. There is no magic involved, it is recognition and having the authority from Jesus himself that the Priests have power to do these things. We are Christianity bud, you are at best incorrect in important theological/doctrinal aspects or at worst heretical. Mary is not a demigoddess as you probably like to pretend. Mary is recognized in the Catholic Church as Jesus wants us to. Indeed, there is archeological evidence from the 1st century for Protestants to ignore. It is only in recent (lost few hundred years) that so many have lost the true faith and believe as you do. If your faith was true you would be true theologically with the bible and recognize the truth of tradition as Jesus commanded us to. But, those do not fit into Protestant thinking where you decide how God fits into your religion rather than fitting into God’s. That is the shame and danger of Protestant thinking. Each of you has equal weight in deciding what is God’s word...each are a true interpreter of God in any way that you desire. And you mock us? Grow up and get some actual learning...