Catholic Wisdom

"Yes, she is the 'neck' of our [divine] Head, by which He communicates to His mystical Body all spiritual gifts."

—Saint Bernadine of Siena, "Quadrag. de Evangel. ætern.", Sermo 10, a. 3, c. 3.

Quoted as an authority by Pope Saint Pius X., in Encyclical Ad diem illum, February 2d, 1904.