Monica, insightful as usual. I could never really buy the idea that human nature is fallen, unclean, unworthy, etc. We believe we are all created in the image and likeness of God, so how can we be fallen, etc?  IMHO a lot of what the church system has smacks of the roman empire. Having crawled through the mud and rocks a few times with "fallen", "unworthy", "unclean" folks (we were definitely unclean/dirty), it was clear there is nothing special about me just because I am a priest. If their spiritual condition matched their physical one, they are in a good place. So much of ordination is about power, especially the "power to change the bread and wine". But this happens only in the setting of folks gathered together as Jesus said, and the priest is only the "leader", not the one who makes things happen. It is not magic, and there are no magic words. Many good folks would keep the priest on their pedestals. Don't think this is a good thing, but it is hard to do away with.