transference

"When there is a transference of evil, the evil is not diminished but increased in him from whom it proceeds. This is a phenomenon of multiplication. The same is true when the evil is transferred to things.

Where, then, are we to put the evil?

We have to transfer it from the impure part to the pure part of ourselves, thus changing it into pure suffering. The crime which is latent in us we must inflict on ourselves.

In this way, however, it would not take us long to sully our own point of inward purity if we did not renew it by contact with an unchangeable purity placed beyond all possible attack.

Patience consists in not transforming suffering into crime. That in itself is enough to transform crime into suffering.

To transfer evil to what is exterior is to distort the relationship between things."

Without a direct connection to God and our continual renewal through the purifcation process called sanctification, we can do no good act. Morality is imitation which has carried our world into disillusionment. This also reminds us of why good acts cannot carry us into heaven eternity.

"If someone does me an injury I must desire that this injury shall not degrade me. I must desire this out of love for him who inflicts it, in order that he may not really have done evil."

Patience is a virtue that does not disregard self-control. Both must originate from outside our carnal inclinations. Patience without love is patience without God and hence, patience imitated. Rarely does patience of this kind deliver us through self-control.