Meaning: Joyful mastery over one’s passions and desires.
Ways to Cultivate: Mastery of one’s desires; practice restraint in regards to words and actions.
Prayer: Dear Jesus, Thank You for all the desires You have given me, because they remind me of the desire in my heart that only You can fill! Help me control my tongue when I am supposed to be silent; my hands when I am supposed to keep them to myself; my eyes when I am supposed to be focused on a particular person or thing; and my ears to listen to only those things I am supposed to hear. Amen.
