In an ancient monastery in a far away place, a new monk
arrived to join his brothers in copying books and scrolls
in the monastery’s scriptorium. He was assigned as a
rubricate on copies of books that had already been copied
by hand. One day he asks Father Florian, the Armarius of
the Scriptorium, “Does not the copying by hand of other
copies allow for chances of error? How do we know we are
not copying the mistakes of someone else? Are they ever
checked against the original?”

Fr. Florian was set back a bit by the obvious logical
observation of this youthful monk. “A very good point,
my son. I will take one of the latest books down to the
vault and compare it against the original.” Fr. Florian
went down to the secured vault and began his verification.

A day passed and the monks began to worry and went down
looking for the old priest. They were sure something may
have happened. As they approached the vault they heard
sobbing and crying; they opened the door and found Fr. Florian
crying over the new copy and the original ancient book, both
opened before him on the table. It was obvious to all that the
poor man had been crying his old heart out for a long time.

“What is the problem, Reverend father? asked one of the monks.

“Oh, my Lord,” sobbed the priest. “The word is ‘celebrate’!!!”