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I was a Protestant (in and out of church) for 50 years, and was received into the Catholic Church in 2013. I know the discussion all too well. I agree with all of you who have already said that, while we receive initial justification through grace alone, we do not receive final salvation through faith alone. (Verses in James previously quoted). We are called to cooperate with the grace of Christ to do good works which have been prepared for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10). The notion that all we need to do is say a prayer once in our life to guarantee our “ticket to heaven” is a perversion of the Gospel that became prevalent in much of the Protestant world and still can be found among many Protestants today.