text: Scrupulosity at the highest levels. Why do we Catholics often obsess too much about matter and not enough about what matters. We do get caught up in the legalisms too much.  Is chicken broth allowed on Lenten abstinence days? Does chewing nicorette gum break the fast? Can we make love before receiving Communion (just don't block the pew). I recall the serious debates ago, "Can we eat barbecue potato chips on Fridays?" "Why, given the Church's teaching on the reproductive role of eggs, can we eat them on Lenten Fridays?" "And doesn't milk, like roast beef, come from a cow?"  "My remarried aunt's abusive first husband finally died. Does this mean since she once again has only one husband she should be celebrating?" And my favorite from years ago, "Sister, I went to see 'The Moon is Blue,' but held my hands over my ears when they said 'virgin.' Did I still sin?"