Agreed. I had to laugh, though, at his suggestion of charging admission. When I was a child, we moved to Oceanside NY. Our "local parish" was St. Anthony's which was also a shrine. Attending mass on Sunday meant navigating our way through tour buses. Mass was held in the shrine. At its entrance, were turnstiles with an admission charge of: 25 cents/adults and 10 cents/children. My mother's ire lasted 3 visits before we went shoping for a different parish. I was all of 10 but I can still vividly see those turnstiles and smell the fumes emanating from my mom : -0.
That must have been quite a scene. Fr. Longenecker would probably laugh at that, too.