Today is Laetare Sunday, a day marked for celebration of Christ's victory over the death and our liberation from the yoke of sin. The priest wears rose colored vestments in Mass, the spirit is uplifted. That is why St Thomas reflect today, amid the Lenten season, on how the Passion opened to us the gates of Heaven.You can follow the Lenten Meditations of St Thomas Aquinas here: https://catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com/St.%20Thomas%20Aquinas%20Lenten%20Meditations.html