Which is why all that Catholic folderol is useless.
That's why works don't cut it.
But faith is good enough for God. It's all that's needed to be saved.
I get it that pleasing God is a foreign concept to Catholics, but it is possible.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
But, then again, cherry-pickers will pick just cherries.