No, the purpose of the material world is to make us saints.  We must "give back to the material world" its original purpose.

A modern day saint said:  "Either we learn to find our Lord in ordinary, everyday life, or else we shall never find Him. That is why I can tell you that our age needs to give back to matter and to the most trivial occurrences and situations their noble and original meaning. It needs to restore them to the service of the Kingdom of God, to spiritualize them, turning them into a means and an occasion for a continuous meeting with Jesus Christ." (Escriva)

Water into wine.  Bread into Jesus Christ.  Get it?  These matters are not "at odds" at all. 

I don't despise medicine at all.  I make my living with it!   I am an engineer/scientist. I work on projects focused on very tricky medical problems!!  This work can be a great good, and if it's done for the love of God, then every action of mine at work can have "infinite value" through the grace of God.