{"id":6129,"date":"2017-09-22T15:01:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T19:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6129"},"modified":"2018-09-15T09:55:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T13:55:04","slug":"question-1-what-should-i-do-first-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6129","title":{"rendered":"Question #1 &#8211; &#8220;What should I do first?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After registering, it&#8217;s time to <!--more-->pray.<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrimage Chaplains ask all pilgrims to recite the <a href=\"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=2373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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>My Lord and my God,<br \/>\ntake from me whatever keeps me from Thee.<\/h3>\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<blockquote><p>St. Nicholas of Fl\u00fce, 1447-1487<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After pilgrimage, continue to pray this prayer, in order better to remain faithful to your resolutions. <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 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Pilgrimage for Restoration<\/strong><br \/>\nCome to restore. The rest will come.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">22nd annual &#8212; <b>2017 A.D.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pilgrimage-banner.png\" alt=\"Pilgrimage Banner\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday &#8211; Sunday<br \/>\n29 September &#8211; October 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8220;Now is the acceptable time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Your friends staying home this year can <a title=\"Request prayers, promise prayers, pray with pilgrims from afar, obtain plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim by name\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/w\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make pilgrimage from afar<\/a><\/b>, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim (or two), 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\/w\/pilgrimage-without-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to and learn the <a title=\"Songs of Pilgrimage order form &amp; link to free MP3 tracks\" href=\"http:\/\/national-coalition.org\/w\/songs-of-pilgrimage-order-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Songs of Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>!<\/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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After registering, it&#8217;s time to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,7,15,16,17,31,35,37,38,39,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6129","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-prayer-requests","category-q-a-prepraring-for-departure-step-off","category-registrants-families","category-registrants-individual-groups","category-registrants-sacred-clergy","category-the-saints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6129","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6130,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6129\/revisions\/6130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}