21 And while they were eating, he said, "Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
22 Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another,
"Surely it is not I, Lord?"
Betrayal in work
By Bishop Precioso D. Cantillas, SDB, DD
The betrayal Jesus experienced from one of His apostles—men whom He personally handpicked from the crowds and whom He painstakingly formed for His mission—could find resonance in the bitter experience of some bosses or managers who have had invested their personal time and efforts in training and forming their second liners who would foul out in their jobs or even put them in serious troubles and difficulties. Betrayal shows itself in various forms and degrees of malice in the work and the workplace. How would the betrayed party handle such unfortunate situations?
If the “law of the jungle” or the survival-of-the-fittest principle is applied, a treacherous act would be countered by a similar act of even a greater scale and magnitude. The workplace would certainly become like a jungle where the workers would behave like beasts that would prey on each other and eliminate one another. Self-survival and self-interest would be the only motive for working.
If human reason or the rule of law is made to prevail in the workplace, then company rules, labor laws and other conventional justice systems would be used to settle all kinds of grievances including betrayals. The company, the manager, or any worker—the betrayed party—would seek to understand the reason for the evil act/s and would seek reasonable recompense for the damages suffered, thus making the workplace for humans.
But when the Christian values are lived even in painful and hurtful moments of being betrayed or aggrieved, the workplace would be for “super-humans”. The law of Christ, which is love, could be the equalizer for both the offender and the betrayed, and could make the bitter cup of betrayal into a sweet drink of peace and tranquility for both.
Betrayal, a lifestyle
By Teresa R. Tunay, OCDS
I wish there could be a survey done on the gravest offenses in the workplace. I tend to think that betrayal would come up as the most destructive of all, mainly because it involves relationships. People have been fired for incompetence, malversation of funds, petty theft, or other offenses against resources—things—but do they lose their jobs because they betray a coworker? Oddly, betraying a coworker sometimes even helps one climb the corporate ladder faster, doesn’t it? Yes, particularly in offices where the bosses relish making pawns of their subordinates—this “divide and conquer” thing pits even friends against each other, and who wins and laughs the loudest in the end? Neither the betrayer nor the betrayed but The Author of Betrayal himself—the evil one who wants to ensnare us all with lies and therefore away from the arms of God!
Do your personal survey—ask your coworkers, friends, relations and see if anything can be more devastating than being betrayed. When the one you entrust with your deepest secrets uses this trust against you by exposing your entrails to the whole workplace—it’s a kind of death, a fate worse than being jobless, isn’t it?
Your best bet against betrayal is an impeccable work ethics—nobody can fault you for being above-board in all your dealings. If there is no dead rat in your closet, nothing will stink. But let us not be naïve—no matter how hard we strive to live clean, there are those for whom betrayal is a lifestyle: friends can kill us with flattery, enemies will do it with mud-slinging, cowards will betray us with a kiss. Nonetheless, we continue to trust the Being higher than man, and follow the example of Him who was betrayed by a disciple but who hung on to the Father’s justice till the end. He’s still alive today.
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