Nearly one hundred people from different cultures and religious traditions gathered in Cartagena to celebrate creation and discover, through simple gestures, the fraternity that unites them.

Water can cleanse, heal, and give life. It can also become a symbol of connection. This was experienced by nearly one hundred people who participated in the gathering. Time of Creation: Living Water, held at Casa Moncada, in La Palma (Cartagena).

For over ten years, this initiative has brought together people from diverse religious traditions around a shared respect for nature. This year's event included Muslims, Catholics, Christians of other denominations, and members of the Bahá'í Faith, from various cultural backgrounds, including Spain, Morocco, and several African countries. The Focolare communities of Aljucer and Murcia collaborated in the organization.

Prayers, songs, physical expression, and contact with nature shaped a day of celebration and dialogue. But one of the most significant moments came with a simple gesture: washing each other's hands freely, among people who perhaps had rarely shared such an experience.

The gesture, performed between people of different cultures and religions, became a concrete expression of respect, closeness, and mutual care. Beyond their differences, everyone could offer and receive the same gesture of kindness.

The day served as a reminder that caring for creation and building fraternity are paths that intersect. Recognizing ecological damage and assuming the responsibility to restore our Common Home also requires learning to reach out to others, discover their dignity, and work together.

A celebration of nature that left an open invitation: to make dialogue and mutual care an everyday way of building peace.