By Thomas Griffin, Crisis Magazine - (Saint Benedict)fled to the desert and became a monk. Rome fell only four years later. The pursuit of happiness through pleasure proved to be futile. In order for our country to avoid the same fate, it must recover and establish principles that encourage holiness and virtue over pleasure and power. The antidote lies in becoming so in tune with the movements of God and so entrenched in Jesus’ words that we instinctively know how to be in the world but not be consumed by it.