I agree. There is no contradiction between faith and works. Both are necessary to salvation. Works by themselves are not sufficient for salvation but faith without works, as St. Paul says, is dead. Indeed, works are the outward sign of one’s faith, the living of one’s faith.
Anything added to faith in Christ alone, changes that thinking from faith and belief in Christ to something which considers Christ is insufficient to provide salvation.
God doesn’t need our help in salvation, nor are any works we might perform allowed to influence what He gives us by grace, otherwise it becomes a debt.