My point is that there is nothing untoward in Neto's OP. He has "a project to grow spiritually in virtue and charity and at least do something to achieve perfection".

The verses I quoted are entirely appropriate to his appeal and your misapprehension. Jesus in the sermon on the mount commands from us to take action to achieve perfection. We are not pietists, we are Catholics.

In His communication with the rich young pharisee who keeps all the commandments He invites him to gain perfection through his own efforts.

I've recently learned that we should always be prudent and careful about the things we say and we should take every effort to make sure we are not misunderstood.  Now we shouldn't take it to an absurd degree and there's going to be misunderstandings regardless but what comes out in spoken or written (typed) word may be understood differently or come out differently than intended and it can have disastrous consequences.  The ambiguity of modernism being an example and what that's done to the world. 

Even if you didn't take it that way it's possible he meant it that way, I didn't take it that way either but wanted to be sure he wasn't being Pelagian, or Semi-Pelagian about it (those are both condemned heresies.)  I know I said "Buddhist" and that was perhaps not the best example.  He hasn't answered and that's fine but I just wanted to be sure he wasn't thinking that way.  I've also discovered that many professing Catholics hold to one of these heresies, maybe inadvertently, but holding them nonetheless.  I held to these at one point as well many years ago but have since abjured from them. 

I also know the Bible quotes wouldn't back up a Pelagian or Semi-Pelagian interpretation so those quotes should never be understood in such a way.  Have a good day.