It’s time for me to quit playing with the TarBaby...
I think the real issue here isn't the showing of an understanding, it is the not sharing an understanding.
I am disappointed that you continue to insist that is is not and cannot be God that works in us to perform the Spiritual and Corporeal Works of Mercy resulting from Salvation and that Catholic teaching is contrary to its actuality. I did not insist that you agree with Catholic teaching, only that you accurately present it in you dissent. I encourage you to reflect on Philippians 2:12-13.
I saw it before it happened, for @154, when it first surfaced, wrote a reply in effort to step-by-step trace how [a man's] works were being blended with "grace", with that grace being said at the same time "only" retained by those "works", with such retained grace being said "an input to salvation", but then accidently deleted it, after other duty took me away from the 'puter. Upon return, I closed a tab instead of opening it, with the results being, I found it difficult to rewrite.
Have written several other replies since, as I've been following this all along, but didn't hit the final "send".
Frustrating is too kind of a word. I find it infuriating. The passive-aggressive game well blended with it, is the part that rankles. Disagreement is one thing, game-playing is another. But our FRomish FRiends excell at the indulging themselves (though not *all* of them) in the latter, while engaging in the former.