Homilia is sermon preparation software that brings your study of the passage, your reflections, your outline and your draft together in one place. Write your own way, with guided questions when you want them. Homilion, the AI in Homilia, talks through your reading of the text, your outline and your draft, and helps you brainstorm. It won't write your sermon.
Write me an opening illustration for the prodigal son.
HOMILION
I won't write that one for you. It has to come from your life or your congregation's. But I can help you find it. When was the last time you waited for someone who wasn't coming home? Give me two or three memories and I'll help you see which one can carry the sermon.
YOU
Is the older brother the main point of the parable?
HOMILION
The text supports it. Luke opens the chapter with Pharisees grumbling (15:2), and the story ends with the older brother outside, unanswered. I'm confident of that framing. How much weight it carries in your sermon is your call, and worth checking against your commentaries.
YOU
Can you do a critical read-through of my draft?
HOMILION
Your goal is that listeners rest in the Father's welcome, but your second division ends on what they must do. Is that shift intentional?
An example of how Homilion works.
How it works
Each sermon has four drawers.
1
Studying the Bible
Work through the passage and write down what you notice. Answer guided questions, or switch to free-write mode.
2
Sermon ideas
Consider what the passage means for the people who will hear the sermon. Same choice: guided questions or free write.
3
Message outline
Outline the message: set the main points and how they connect.
4
Preaching document
Write the document you will preach from.
Also in Homilia.
Read
Read the passage in the translation you choose from those in the reader, and compare versions verse by verse.
Original languages
Greek and Hebrew when you want them. They are not required.
Study tools
Word-by-word glosses, parallel passages, places, people and rare words, built into the Bible reader.
Plan
Lay out series and preaching dates on a calendar, then subscribe to it from Google Calendar or Apple Calendar.
Preach
A preaching mode to take to the pulpit on the device you prefer, set up your way. Or print it and preach from paper.
Slides and handouts
Build slides and handouts from your outline.
Keep your work
Import your earlier sermons into Homilia, and export your work from Homilia.
MEET HOMILION
Talk it through with Homilion.
Homilion has your whole preparation open in front of it: your study, ideas, outline and draft. A general chatbot starts from zero every time. Homilion starts from your work and talks it over with you. It will not write your sermon: the sermon stays yours from the first word. Homilion is an AI and can be wrong, including about Greek, Hebrew and history, so check it against your text.
Homilia is the workspace. Homilion is the AI inside it. Both names come from the Greek ὁμιλία, “conversation”, the word the early church used for the sermon.
Why I built Homilia
I've been preparing and preaching sermons for over two decades now, mostly in Brazil, with some preaching in the U.S. while I was a PhD student there, and now in Canada. I've also taught in all three countries, which means I've watched sermon prep struggle with the same thing across very different contexts. Every tool I ever tried treated it either as a blank page where you're on your own, or as a shortcut that skips the part where you actually sit with the text. Neither one is really the work.
I'll say upfront: I'm an AI enthusiast here, not a skeptic. But my work as a professor puts me in a lot of rooms where the real concern comes up. Faculty workshops, conversations with pastors, church halls, my own students. And I take it seriously. If someone uses AI to prepare a sermon, how much of it is still theirs? Fair question.
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It never wrote a sentence of the sermon. It just made me sharpen mine.
The one I kept landing on instead was, what if AI didn't have to replace that work, only push back on it? I already used it that way in my own prep, asking it to argue with a reading, take a side I hadn't considered, tell me straight what a draft was missing. It never wrote a sentence of the sermon. It just made me sharpen mine.
That is where Homilia began. It has since grown into a full preparation desk, where you study the text, shape the sermon and take it to the pulpit. Homilion is one part of it, and it keeps the rule that started everything: it never writes your sermon. What you take into the pulpit is still yours, start to finish, because you are the one called to stand before God's people and speak.
Alex Vieira, professor of exegesis and preaching
WHO IT'S FOR
Who it's for
Preachers who do their own work on the text, from the first reading to the sermon they carry into the pulpit, and want someone to talk it through with.
Who it's not for
Anyone who wants a machine to write the sermon for them. Homilia won't do that.
Screens from the app
QUESTIONS
Is Homilia just an AI chatbot?+
No. The AI is one part. Homilia is a full preparation desk: study, four drawers from text to manuscript, series, calendar, search, preaching mode and exports. Homilion is there when you want a partner and out of the way when you don't.
Can I use my own preparation method?+
Yes. Use free-write mode to work your own way, or use the guided questions when they help. Your study, reflections, outline and draft stay together in the workspace.
What does Homilion do?+
Homilion is the AI in Homilia. It works from what you have put into your drawers: it talks through your reading of the text, your outline and your draft, and helps you brainstorm. You can also ask it for a critical read of a draft you wrote.
What is the difference between Homilia and Homilion?+
Homilia is the workspace: your four drawers, your saved sermons and studies, and your calendar. Homilion is the AI inside it.
Can Homilion see the Greek, Hebrew and tools in the reader?+
Homilion has general knowledge of Scripture and the biblical languages, but it can be wrong, and it only reads what is in your drawers, not the reader. To discuss a word, a definition or something you found, add it to your notes first. Commentaries and other reference works in the reader stay out of Homilion unless you add a short quotation to your notes.
Does it work in Portuguese and English?+
Yes, fully, in both. Homilia was built by a preacher and seminary professor who has preached, taught and worked in Portuguese and English, so the interface and Homilion are native in each, not translated afterward.
Can I use it on my phone?+
Yes. Quick notes and Preaching mode are made for the phone, and tablets work like a small computer. Add Homilia to your home screen so it opens like an app. Long study and writing in the four drawers are easiest on a computer or tablet.
What does it cost?+
Current prices are on the pricing page. Every new account starts with 14 days of free access, with no credit card needed, and nothing is charged unless you choose to subscribe. The plan includes a fair-use monthly allowance for Homilion. See pricing.
Can I cancel? What if I change my mind?+
You can cancel at any time in Manage subscription, in Account settings. No further charges are made, and your access and Homilion continue until the end of the period you have already paid for. Your first payment is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee. The details are in the Refund Policy. Refund Policy
Who handles payment?+
Paddle, the merchant of record, handles payment, tax, and invoices. For a first-payment refund, write to support@homiliadesk.com as described in the Refund Policy. Homilia never sees your card number.
Can I take my work with me?+
Yes. Export any sermon or exegetical study as Word or PDF whenever you like, or use Export everything in Account settings for one ZIP of Word files plus a full data backup. You can also delete your account at any time in Account settings.
Can I bring the sermons I have already written?+
Yes. Import your existing sermons as Word, plain text or Markdown files, or a CSV list of sermons, and they appear in your Library, your calendar and your search. Homilia does not keep the original file, so keep your own copy.
Can I use it for Bible studies or classes?+
Your study of each passage is saved as an exegetical study that you can export for a Bible study or a class.
Is Homilia a library of study resources?+
No. Your library holds your books. Homilia is the study where you do the work with them: your notes, your decisions, the unfinished outline, and room to think. The Bible reader includes Bible translations, the Greek and Hebrew texts, and older public-domain dictionaries and commentaries, all in the plan. Keep using whatever else you already have alongside it.
Do I need to know Greek or Hebrew?+
No. The reader has English Bible translations to study in. If you want to read, search or look up words in the Greek and Hebrew, you can do that too.
Where do the Bible texts and study tools come from?+
From open and public-domain sources, each credited with its license on the Credits page.
Can Homilion be wrong?+
Yes. It is an AI, and it can make mistakes, including about Greek, Hebrew, and history. Check what it says against the text and your own sources.
Is my work private?+
Yes. Your studies and sermons belong to you and are not visible to other users. To answer you, Homilion sends the text it needs to Anthropic, the company behind the AI. Under Anthropic's commercial terms, that content is not used to train its models and is deleted within 30 days, unless Anthropic must keep it for legal reasons or to enforce its usage policy.
Is this built for one denomination?+
No. Homilia is not built around one tradition, and Homilion does not judge your theology.
Can my seminary or group use Homilia?+
Seminaries and groups can ask about plans for their students or members. Write to support@homiliadesk.com.
