{"id":5212,"date":"2025-09-15T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2025-09-15T01:31:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:31:29","slug":"question-1-what-should-i-do-first-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=5212","title":{"rendered":"Question #1 &#8211; &#8220;What should I do first?&#8221; &#8211; Pilgrimage 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to register.\" rel=\"noopener\">registering<\/a>, it&#8217;s time to do the one thing necessary. &#8230; <!--more--><b>Start saying your prayers!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pilgrimage Chaplains ask all pilgrims to recite the <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=2373\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to learn and download the pilgrims' prayer.\" rel=\"noopener\">pilgrim&#8217;s prayer<\/a>, composed in three short lines by St. Nicholas of Fl\u00fce.<\/p>\n<p>Short as it is, it can be memorized in a minute, tops.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: indigo;\">My Lord and my God,<br \/>\ntake from me whatever keeps me from Thee.<\/p>\n<p>My Lord and my God,<br \/>\ngrant me whatever brings me to Thee.<\/p>\n<p>My Lord and my God,<br \/>\ntake my self, to live wholly in Thee.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>St. Nicholas of Fl\u00fce, 1447-1487<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=2373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Print it out<\/a>, and stick it to your refrigerator or bathroom mirror to remind you to pray it devotedly every day.<\/p>\n<p>After pilgrimage, continue to pray this prayer, in order better to remain faithful to your resolutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Pilgrimage for Restoration<\/strong><br \/>\nCome to restore. The rest will come.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>30th annual<\/b><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pilgrimage-banner-300x121.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" class=\"alignnone\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Friday &#8211; Sunday<br \/>\n26-28 September A.D. 2025<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Nobody makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;In unione orationum.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Now is the acceptable time.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Registration is open.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Register today!\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to register. It&#8217;s simple and easy.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t make it this year? <b>You can still <a title=\"Support the pilgrimage, request prayers, sponsor a pilgrim, obtain a plenary indulgence or make pilgrimage even from home.\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"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 title=\"Support the pilgrimage, request prayers, sponsor a pilgrim, obtain a plenary indulgence or make pilgrimage even from home.\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Listen to and learn the <a title=\"Songs of Pilgrimage order form &amp; link to free MP3 tracks\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Songs of Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How to afford pilgrimage - the traditional way.\" href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/how-to-afford-pilgrimage-the-traditional-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for the <i>traditional<\/i> way to afford pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8220;No one makes pilgrimage alone.&#8221;<br \/>\n<i>Oremus pro invicem.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>In unione orationum.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Ad majorem Dei gloriam.<\/i><br \/>\n&#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":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,7,15,16,17,29,31,35,37,38,39,41,77,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brigadiers-their-officers","category-frequently-asked-questions","category-messages-to-pilgrims","category-messages-to-students","category-messages-to-the-sacred-clergy","category-pray-for-pilgrims","category-prayer-requests","category-q-a-prepraring-for-departure-step-off","category-registrants-families","category-registrants-individual-groups","category-registrants-sacred-clergy","category-request-prayers-of-pilgrims","category-spirituality","category-the-saints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212","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=5212"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9837,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions\/9837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}