It is said that he carefully spends the nine months of the pregnancy watching over each unborn child and instructing that child on the necessary knowledge of Heaven that is an inherent part of all people.
Just before birth, though, Gabriel touches each baby on the upper lip to seal them; to make the child unable to rememberall of the information about Heaven and so that the child’s soul cannot inadvertently blurt out all the wonders and mysteries of Heaven until the child returns to the spiritual state at death.
The sign of Gabriel’s Touch, the imprint of the angel’s seal upon the child’s lips, is the little divot just below the nose.
Most babies like Tessa who has a cleft lip and palate are born without that little divot. We like to believe that God’s grace allowed them to share some of the special mystery of Heaven with us when they are born.
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