The priest goes to the right side of the altar to wash his hands.
Returning to the middle of the altar, the priest bows down and says some prayers. Then he turns to the people and says the Orate Fratres.
Now the priest prays in a low voice and then in a louder voice he says the Preface:
Truly, it is right and just that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, O holy Lord, Father almighty, Who, with Your only Son and the Holy Ghost are one God, one Lord. All the angels daily praise You, singing with one voice:
*THE SANCTUS
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
The bell is rung three times.
Kneel
THE CANON
[Note,—By a Decree of the Church (Aug. 4, 1922), the prayers during the Canon, i.e. from the Sanctus to the Pater Noster, must be said in silence.]