European languages, though I am not aware of any complete English translation. The text printed here is Chapter 9 of the Praxis Confessarii and is translated from the Latin version. 1. The Lord said to Jeremiah: “This day I set you/over nations and over kingdoms,/To root up and to tear down,/to destroy and to demolish,/to build and to plant” (Jer 1:10). He says the same to confessors, whose duty it is not only to uproot vice from their penitents but also to sow the seeds of virtue in their souls.