{"id":10328,"date":"2025-09-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=10328"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:55:18","slug":"question-1-what-should-i-do-first-pilgrimage-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=10328","title":{"rendered":"Question #1 &#8211; &#8220;What should I do first?&#8221; &#8211; Pilgrimage 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After <a href=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registering<\/a>, it&#8217;s time to do the one thing necessary. &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start saying your prayers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilgrimage Chaplains ask all pilgrims to recite the <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=2373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pilgrim&#8217;s prayer<\/a>, composed in three short lines by St. Nicholas of Fl\u00fce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Short as it is, it can be memorized in a minute, tops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Lord and my God,<br>take from me whatever keeps me from Thee.My Lord and my God,<br>grant me whatever brings me to Thee.My Lord and my God,<br>take my self, to live wholly in Thee.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>St. Nicholas of Fl\u00fce, 1447-1487<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=2373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Print it out<\/a>, and stick it to your refrigerator or bathroom mirror to remind you to pray it devotedly every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After pilgrimage, continue to pray this prayer, in order better to remain faithful to your resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Pilgrimage for Restoration<\/strong><br>Come to restore. The rest will come.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>30th annual<\/strong><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pilgrimage-banner-300x121.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday &#8211; Sunday<br>26-28 September A.D. 2025<\/strong><br>&#8220;Nobody makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<br><em>&#8220;In unione orationum.&#8221;<\/em><br>&#8220;<strong>Now is the acceptable time.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration is open.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> to register. It&#8217;s simple and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can&#8217;t make it this year? <strong>You can still <a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">make pilgrimage from afar<\/a>, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim, request prayers or offer them &#8212; all from <a href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen to and learn the <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Songs of Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/how-to-afford-pilgrimage-the-traditional-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for the <em>traditional<\/em> way to afford pilgrimage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;No one makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<br><em>Oremus pro invicem.<\/em><br><em>In unione orationum.<\/em><br><em>Ad majorem Dei gloriam.<\/em><br>&#8220;Nobody makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After registering, it&#8217;s time to do the one thing necessary. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-messages-to-pilgrims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10331,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328\/revisions\/10331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}