1) A pilgrim is a person who travels to a holy place as an act of devotion. Romeo calls his lips "two blushing pilgrims" because he wants to kiss Juliet whose hand he calls a "holy shrine".
2) "devotion", "saints", "holy"
These words are playing with the religious language Romeo is using.
3) "palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss"
Juliet suggests that pilgrims kiss when they shake hands - that is, when their palms touch, as a sign of intimacy between two holy persons.
4) Romeo is getting bolder as he wants to kiss Juliet on the lips. If Juliet says that pilgrims kiss when their hands touch, Romeo is urging Juliet to let their lips do the same.
5) "Faith" refers to Romeo's love for Juliet which he describes as equivalent to a religious devotion and "despair" refers to the extreme state of dejection he will fall into should Juliet not reciprocate his love.
(This dejection is of an extreme magnitude - think what it does to a believer if he is told that God does not exist. The world becomes meaningless and hopeless, and that is how Romeo will feel if Juliet doesn't love him back.)
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