“How many seek Jesus for no other object but that He may bestow on them a temporal benefit?! One has a business on hand, he seeks the intercession of the clergy; another is oppressed by one more powerful than himself, he flies to the church. Another desires intervention on his behalf with one with whom he has little influence. One in this way, one in that, the church is daily filled with such people. Jesus is scarcely sought after for Jesus’ sake.”
—St. Augustine, Sermon 88 (on John 10:14), NPNF