{"id":8862,"date":"2023-08-12T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=8862"},"modified":"2024-09-12T17:02:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T21:02:09","slug":"question-1-what-should-i-do-first-pilgrimage-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=8862","title":{"rendered":"Question #1 &#8211; &#8220;What should I do first?&#8221; &#8211; Pilgrimage 2023"},"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 style=\"text-align: left;\">28th annual &#8212; <b>2023 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 \/>\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\/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\/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\/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.<br \/>\n&#8220;Now is the acceptable time.&#8221; II. 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