Canon 732

1. The confessor is to offer a fitting cure for the illness by

imposing appropriate works of penance in keeping with the quality, seriousness and number of the sins, and considering the condition of the penitent as well as his or her disposition for

conversion. 2. The priest is to remember that he is placed by

God as a minister of divine justice and mercy; as a spiritual

father he should also offer appropriate counsel so that the penitent might progress in his or her vocation to sanctity.