The Untold Revelation in Her Own Words
Mary’s Story
The Beauty of the Lonely Heart
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“…You don’t have to be Jewish or Christian to read and be moved by Mary’s Story. It is a story for everyone. Love is what each and every one of us needs. Moreover, the telling of Mary’s story at this time brings a powerful message to humanity about the state of our ecology. Jesus, Mary, and Jesus’s sister Rachel all share something in common. They are spiritual beings keenly attuned to messages from nature. They hear and see the voices of the trees, bushes, and all of the natural world around them…”
– Glenn Aparicio Parry, Nautilus award-winning author
Mary’s Story
by Nancy Rhodes
While sitting alone in the house of Mary, Mother of Jesus, in Ephesus, Turkey, I experienced an overpowering spiritual experience. Images of Mary’s life flashed rapidly through my mind, and I was overwhelmed with emotion. My heart opened to her words. She spoke to me. “Tell my story.”
Over the following decade I continued to receive Mary’s words. She revealed the untold story of her life, the obstacles and turning points she faced: a lonely childhood where nature was often her only solace; a horrible beating by her father; Joseph’s devotion preventing her from certain death and later, when their village was torched by the Roman soldiers, it was Joseph’s quick-thinking courage that saved Mary and the children.
In sharing her story, Mary today speaks to people who are facing loneliness, fear, and loss. She tenderly assures us of the healing light of love.
“Mary’s Story is an extraordinarily wonderful account of the life’s journey, the struggles and triumphs of the Mother of Jesus. It reveals to us the inner conversations of her spiritual development. This book will both disturb and inspire you. It may even deepen your faith.”
—REVEREND DR. JAMES A. FORBES, JR., Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church of New York City, and President/Founder of the Healing of The Nations Foundation.
“A modern approach to an ancient story! Human, real, and spiritually uplifting.”
—MARION DARBY, Shangri-la Hotels, China/Southeast Asia.
“An engrossing journey of illumination. Nancy Rhodes captures what is unquestionably one of the most revealing stories of our time.”
–– RONALD RAND, Goodwill Cultural Ambassador, Fulbright Specialist
About Nancy
Nancy Rhodes, international stage director, author, and educator, has directed operas all over the world, from Sweden, Finland, and Norway to Albania, Turkey and the Netherlands. As Founding Artistic Director of Encompass New Opera Theatre in New York City, she has staged over 68 American musicals and operas by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, Benjamin Britten, Marc Blitzstein, Aaron Copland, and Langston Hughes, among many other composers and writers.
She is currently the commissioned librettist of The Theory of Everything, with composer John David Earnest, a new opera inspired by physics’ superstring theory of multiple dimensions and alternate universes, recipient of two prestigious National Endowment for the Arts grants. Her opera libretto, Ocean Dream, is published in Facing Forward by Broadway Play Publishing.
She served on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music for twelve years and taught master classes at the Curtis Institute of Music, the University of the Theatre of Nations, and in Argentina and Korea. She holds an MFA from New York University.
It was while in Turkey directing a production of West Side Story that she had the experience which resulted in this book: Mary’s Story – The Beauty of the Lonely Heart: The Untold Revelation in Her Own Words.
