{"id":6953,"date":"2019-09-09T00:05:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T04:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6953"},"modified":"2020-09-16T20:36:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:36:40","slug":"question-1-what-should-i-do-first-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=6953","title":{"rendered":"Question #1 &#8211; &#8220;What should I do first?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After registering, 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\" 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><span style=\"color: indigo;\">My Lord and my God,<br \/>\ntake from me whatever keeps me from Thee.<\/span><\/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><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 style=\"text-align: left;\">24th annual &#8212; <b>2019 A.D.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" 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 \/>\n27 &#8211; 29 September <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8220;Now is the acceptable time.&#8221;<\/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 do the one thing necessary. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6953","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\/6953","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6953"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6956,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6953\/revisions\/6956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}