Question 490

What are the means that aid the living of chastity?

Answer

There are many means at one's disposal: the grace of God, the help of the sacraments, prayer, self-knowledge, the practice of an asceticism adapted to various situations, the exercise of the moral virtues, especially the virtue of temperance which seeks to have the passions guided by reason.

Condenses CCC ¶¶ 2340-2347