"God knows well that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, who know good and evil." (Genesis 3:5)
- 3rd grade boy: "They wanted to be more like God but they did what God didn't want so now they are really less like God."
"To the woman he said: I will intensify your toil in childbearing..." (Genesis 3:16)
- 3rd grade girl, after discussing how before Adam and Eve sinned there would have been no fighting and no unkind words and only goodness: "If there wasn't anything bad you wouldn't have that much fun 'cause if you make peace, then THAT'S happy."
"He expelled the man, stationing the cherubim and the fiery revolving sword east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life." (Genesis 3:24)
- 3rd grade girl: "He wants them to die. He doesn't want them to live forever or their sin will go on and on."
"Blessed are they who wash their robes so as to have the right to the tree of life and enter the city through its gates." (Revelation 22:14)
- Five 3rd graders (two boys, three girls) discussed this passage, relating the following:
- The Robe is: "us," "the white garment of Baptism," "washed in Reconciliation"
- The Tree of Life is: "Parousia," "Holy Communion," "the Body and Blood," which was followed by "Yeah! Jesus said, 'Eat this and you will live forever.'"
- Gates of the City: "the Garden of Eden," "Heaven," "The Mass - the Church is like our home."
Creation follow-up work: (Note the "hand of God" on the drawings and the "holiness" of God's resting...!!)