You Can't Earn Heaven, but What You Do is Important

I hesitate to write anything that is preachy, because frankly, who am I to preach. But the following lines from the Gospel Reading on Sunday inspired me to post this: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay all according to his conduct.” A Catholic commentary on the last two lines of the Gospel says that the basis on which we are judged will be our conduct. Thus, it supports the Catholic view of the importance of faith and good works.