Ways to go to heaven

I grew up in the Southern part of Texas; also known as the northern part of Mexico. Of course, that meant that there was a very high population of Catholics. It was no strange thing to see statues in people's front yards, or to see them cross themselves as they drove down the highway past the famous shrine of San Juan in Pharr. (It used to be a little shrine until a Baptist Missionary got very angry at the religion and flew his plane into the little shrine. Of course the shrine got built back bigger and better and is quite famous.) What I find so sad about the Catholic religion is that it makes works a means of salvation which is contrary to the Bible verse that says, "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us." People work so hard to pay the price to go to heaven when Jesus has already done that for us, and all we have to do is ask Him to save us from our sins. A lot of times children are convinced of their salvation by taking communion and receiving first communion gifts, or by being confirmed into their religion. As Christians we need to make sure that people receive the true Bible message of salvation and not let them be duped into believing the Devil's lies about how they can go to heaven.