So if I follow the logic, the Eucharist (in part) represents the mystical marriage between Christ (male) and the Church (female), and since the priest represents Christ in the Eucharist, the priest should be male. But if the Church is female, the people receiving communion should be female, if the logic is to be preserved. But I, and half of the congregation receiving the sacraments, happen to be male. Well, at any rate, I still don’t understand why we must hew to a literal reading of the marriage between Christ and the Church regarding the genders involved.