After Confession the root and ground from which evil springs will still remain in his heart despite all his efforts, but the work of love will eventually heal them totally.1 And so a person should first cleanse his conscience in Confession. But once having done what the Church requires, he should fearlessly begin the contemplative work, yet humbly, too, realizing that he has been long in coming to it. mythoughts thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God, David Reese