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This, from the article you linked to:

In the book of Revelation, the bride of Christ was "given fine linen in which to clothe herself, linen bright and clean." What a contrast to filthy rags! And what does this fine linen represent? "The fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints" (Rev 19:7-9).

As per Catholic operating procedure, you guys must change what God says to justify the filthy rags that you don't want to let go of...Now compare what was really said in the verse you misquoted:

Rev 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

Notice there are no 'righteous acts' in the verse...The fine linen is not righteousness acts...The fine linen is the righteousness of God given freely to the saints...

Apparently you know that other Catholics won't go out and buy a bible to check you on your references...But we will...

The statement, "All our righteousness is like filthy rags", is found in the middle of a Biblical poem in Isaiah (Isa 64:4-9).

A poem??? Scripture for Catholics has been reduced to a useless poem??? The chapter talks about the restoration of Israel after the 'Lord's Day'...It's future...It's prophecy...

The saying has caused a deep struggle in many hearts.

AS it should...

Does the statement mean that it's pointless us trying to do righteous deeds? Does it mean our righteousness has no value in God's eyes? No, it doesn’t.

Yes it certainly does...And it's not only pointless trying to do righteous deeds, it's a one way ticket to Hell...

The commandments are to love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself...If you love your neighbor as you love yourself, you will fulfill the 10 Commandments, from your heart...You can not provide your own fine linen; your own righteousness...

The article I linked to isn't a Catholic source. Do you want to reconsider your argument in that light? I've noticed that some here object vociferously to something from a Catholic source, but have no objection to the same thing from a Protestant source. I must say I don't understand that kind of thinking, but there it is!

And BTW, lots of the OT is poetry, in addition to Psalms, of course (or do you think Psalms is “useless”?) and those “songs” clearly identified in the text in historical portions — all of Song of Songs, the main part of Job, chunks of the prophets. Some editions of the Bible show these sections typographically, some don’t.