Raphael

-- He can help you with all healing issues ranging from stuff that you're dealing with in THIS life to issues that are connected to past lives and alternate realities

--He's very good at helping you understand karma - what actions you've taken in the past (or a past life) which have magnetized negative events in your life

-- He helps you get to the bottom of these things and unlock the energy patterns so you don't repeat them

Gabriel

-- He is all about moments of illumination

-- He helps you tap into moments of divine wisdom beyond anything you've experienced before

-- He helps you open up the crown and upper chakras and gradually reconnect your soul cord to the highest aspects of the Divine

-- He's very serious and no-nonsense and not very chatty, whereas Michael and Raphael are very chatty (at least from my perspective)

-- Gabriel can be felt more as a presence of something powerful, illuminating, strong, and beautiful, helping you emerge from the dark and embrace the light in ways you wouldn't have believed possible.

Now, it's interesting that Gabriel is the only archangel mentioned in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Koran.  The guy gets around :)  Seriously, he's meant to be a messenger to many great spiritual teachers and masters, and he often shows up right around the time that they realize their nature as immortal spiritual beings with unique gifts.

 

What each person decides to do AFTER that is up to them.

 

Gabriel doesn't communicate in words because people will misconstrue words. Instead, he helps them connect with the Divine at a higher level than they are used to experiencing, so they can reclaim the memory of that connection and work to maintain it in their spiritual practice. Think of him as a catalyst angel, stirring you into higher degrees of awareness.