A note about the paintings on this blog

The first painting is titled Spirit Descending, watercolor on paper, by Bill Branch, 2005. Branch is a parishioner at St. Mary's Cathedral, Memphis, Tennessee.Spirit Descending
watercolor on paper, 2005

The second painting is titled Matthew 4:20, oil on canvas, by Geoffery Johnson, 1999; from a Private Collection.
"Immediately they left their nets and followed him."

The third painting is titled St. Mark, by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, circa. 1655-60; from Los Angeles County Museum's Permanent Collection.