While it is true that they bear the ultimate responsibility for parish activities, they do not thereby conclude that they have to initiate everything. Rather, they have been trained that the laity have their own gifts and mission bestowed on them by baptism and confirmation, and are quite capable of proposing ideas, taking initiatives, and carrying out activities. A Vacuum of Leadership. One does not have to have any particular qualifications in order to feel the burden of the legal slaughter of thousands of innocent children every day. It is natural, furthermore, that the more one realizes about the tragedy of abortion, the more alarmed and angry one becomes, particularly when one also sees the failure of government, media, and education to honestly and adequately deal with the problem.
Abortion is undeniably the taking of human life, yet it is cloaked in such widespread denial.
This is the kind of problem which, once honestly faced, does not lend itself to leisurely solutions. It arouses, instead, one's most basic sense of justice and most natural tendency to protect the helpless. Then, the one who often becomes the target of the anger and frustration is the priest. He is, after all, the symbol of all the Church should be. Find people in the parish who have professional and organizational skills, good judgment, and an ability to communicate effectively, and get them to feel the burden for the pre-born.