Reflection for some of the children at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, delivered in St Peter Chanel Church, Tannum, Qld.

"In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light..." (cf. Gen 1).

"That same day, Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the shore, and he told them many things in parables. He said, 'Listen, a sower went out to sow..." (cf. Mt 13).

Artwork: an image of Jesus amid creation, retrieved from Pintrest.