THOMAS was posted to another monastery, one that still did things the traditional way. He was assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He noticed, however, that they were copying from copies, not the original manuscripts.
So, since it was his first day, Thomas went to the Abbot to ask him about this, pointing out that if there was a mistake in the first copy, that mistake would be continued in all of the following copies.
The Abbot said: "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, Brother Thomas."
So, he went down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original.
Hours passed and nobody saw him. So, Thomas went downstairs to look for him.
Hearing weeping coming from the back of the cellar, he found the old Abbot leaning over one of the original manuscripts, sobbing his heart out.Brother Thomas asked the Abbot what was wrong, and in a broken voice came the reply: "The word is celebrate."
Be encouraged!
GBYAY
