Is faith in Jesus irrational?

The Easter Season finishes on Pentecost. Today, the Church continues her daily prayers and masses of the Ordinary Season. The liturgical colour is green. Throughout the Easter Season, we finish reading the book of Acts. For the next few days, we will read the Epistles of Peter.

Peter was not known to be proficient enough in Greek to write. Therefore, we have a gospel of Mark, instead of a gospel of Peter. Peter was the source of information and the authority behind the gospel of Mark. Similarly, the two epistles under Peter's name were not written by Peter but certainly, they have the authority of Peter behind them. Furthermore, scholars have evidence to believe that the Second Epistle was written before the First. We must bear in mind that the books in the New Testament are not arranged chronologically. The editor has arranged them according to a certain scheme. For example, the epistles of Paul are arranged so that those written to the Churches go before the individuals and the longer ones go before the shorter ones. There are 5 chapters in the First Epistle of Peter and 3 in the Second. So be it.

The First Epistle of Peter was addressed to the Jewish Christians around Turkey.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia (1 Peter 1:1).
We do not have records of Peter's journey like that of Paul's. But the story of Peter in Antioch of Syria is mentioned in Paul's epistle (Galatians 2:11-14). He was preaching to the Jews. Therefore, we can safely conclude that after leaving Jerusalem, Peter must have travelled around these regions on his way to Rome. The Jewish Christians were facing impending persecutions and Peter wrote to encourage them.
Christians are redeemed by the work of the Blessed Trinity. God the Father initiated the salvation through the passion of God the Son. Christians are sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you (1 Peter 1:2).
In sending them greetings, Peter reminded all Christians of the core of their salvation: the Blessed Trinity. It is through their unfailing faith in Jesus that they attain their salvation. In this point, both Peter and Paul agreed.
so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:7).
But what is faith?

Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. 
As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls (1 Peter 1:8-9).
Faith then is loving Jesus without seeing him, believing in him without seeing him. Faith is directed towards a person, not towards objects. Therefore, faith involves a personal relationship with a person. A diver trusts in his oxygen cylinder, a parachutist his parachute. This trust is not faith because it does not develop into a relationship. Faith in a person develops or deteriorates. Since faith develops, faith transforms the person who has faith.
The second element of faith is the invisibility of the other person. If the other person is in sight, you don't need to have faith in him. You can always verify what is going on. Faith comes in when for some reasons, the other person is out of sight. Your past experience with him comes in to support your faith in him. The outcomes will modify your faith accordingly.

For modern men raised up in this scientific age, they rely more on scientific evidences, i.e. that which can be publicly verified with proper procedures. Faith is too subjective and intangible to be reliable. Therefore, it looks irrational to have faith in Jesus who can only be verified on the Judgment Day! Only then can our faith be proved genuine. The only thing which can sustain Christians to this end is the virtue of hope. In the meantime, the faith of Christians develops through their virtue of charity. Faith, hope and charity are thus the trademarks of Christians. Their genuineness is thus tested and purified.

Dear Lord, may Your power guard us through so that our virtues be genuine (1 Peter 1:5). Amen.