Fr Timothy Radcliffe, OP:
My New Year’s resolution is to listen to more music, especially classical music. Beauty has its own authority, offering us "the light we cannot see" as in the marvellous novel by Anthony Doerr. It gives us a glimpse beyond the veil, of the peace and homeland for which we long. Anyway, I am still, even at my advanced age, much too busy and I need to pause and listen.
Rowan Williams, emeritus Archbishop of Canterbury:
I’m not a great fan of New Year resolutions, but I know it’s time for two things to come into focus a bit more effectively that they have for a while. Very practically, I need to be proactive about the diary: too much overloading and double-booking, resulting from never stopping to look at the overall shape of the week or month. And connected with this, high time to be tougher with myself about time in the day for silence – not just the early morning routine, but a pause later in the day too.
