text: T., I am a Catholic. As such, I'm not interested in anyone's "position", but I am interested in the truth.
  
  Can you recall Jesus' words to Dismas, the Good Thief?  Dismas had declared to Jesus not only his repentance, but his faith in him. Nothing else was necessary (no "good" works) to elicit those wonderful and memorable words from Christ: "Today you will be with me in paradise."