A Terrible Mistake
A Catholic Joke
A new young monk arrives at the monastery.
He is assigned to help the other monks in
copying the old canons and laws of the church
by hand.
He notices, however, that all of the monks
are copying from copies, not the original
manuscripts. So, the new monk goes to the
head Abbot to ask him about this, pointing
out that if there was an error in the first
copy from the original, that error would
be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The head monk says, "We have been copying
from the copies for centuries, but you make
a good point, my son".
So, he goes down into the dark caves underneath
the monastery where the original manuscript
is held in a locked vault that hasn't been
opened for centuries.
Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot.
So, the young monk gets worried and goes
downstairs to look for him.
He sees him banging his head against the
wall. His forehead is all bloody and bruised
and he is crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old abbot,
"What's wrong, father?
With a choking voice, the old abbot replies,
"The word is celebrate".