Aquinas and Merton both say that there is not a single person whose goodness does not far outweigh his or her evil. Evil cannot be, if goodness is not there as the ground it disfigures. "To believe is to be free to trust in God quite alone" and to be free from every other form of dependence and reliance. Faith is a matter of freedom and self-determination, a free receiving of a freely given gift of grace . . . pure and simple grace, naturally enveloping warmth . . . the big warm-up . . . the chill is gone. VRG