
Question:
Can the priest ask the congregation to leave the pew to welcome others after the homily?
Answer:
Therefore no other person, even if he be a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority. (Sacrosanctum Concilium 22,3).
I’m not sure what justification a priest would use to defend such a request. There is nothing in the rubrics for Mass that would permit such an action.
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