The solution to this vexing issue is to recognize that apostolic succession is not contingent on masculinity.  It is time to recognize the irrelevance of religious patriarchy after the redemption and the resurrection.  FLESH is the proper matter for all the sacraments, not masculinity or femininity.  We need women deacons, women priests, and women bishops.  Let us pray that Church leadership will not continue to procrastinate on this matter, because the entire body of Christ is suffering the lack of a feminine presence in the hierarchy.